What is Microservices?
An architecture where an application is built as many small, independent services that work together
Why It Matters
Microservices let teams work independently and make it easier to update or scale specific parts of your system
Real-World Example
Having separate services for user accounts, payments, and notifications that communicate via APIs
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Related Terms
API
A way for different software applications to talk to each other and share data
Monolith
An application where all features are built and deployed as a single unit
Static Site
A website with pre-built pages that are the same for every visitor
SSR (Server-Side Rendering)
Generating web pages on the server for each request, then sending complete HTML to the browser
SSG (Static Site Generation)
Building all pages at deploy time rather than on each request
ISR (Incremental Static Regeneration)
Updating static pages in the background without rebuilding your entire site