---
title: "Microservices rules #8: Design independently deployable services"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/microservices-rules-8-design-independently-deployable-services-uxd1i2t4y
source_url: http://microservices.io/post/architecture/2025/05/20/premium-microservices-rules-8-design-independently-deployable-services.html
type: article
source: "Microservices.io"
published: 2025-05-21T00:34:13.083Z
updated: 2025-05-21T00:34:29.011Z
tags: ["devops", "testing", "architecture", "agile"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 34
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Microservices rules #8: Design independently deployable services

**[Microservices.io](https://daily.dev/sources/microservicesio)** · 2 min read · 34 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Designing independently deployable services is a key principle in microservice architecture. This concept involves creating services that can be deployed and updated without affecting other components, leading to greater agility and efficiency. The post discusses the importance of this characteristic, common pitfalls such as reliance on end-to-end testing, and strategies for transitioning to more flexible deployments.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <http://microservices.io/post/architecture/2025/05/20/premium-microservices-rules-8-design-independently-deployable-services.html>

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Tags: [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing), [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#agile](https://daily.dev/tags/agile)

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