--- title: The Complete Microservices Guide | daily.dev description: Microservices have emerged as a popular architectural approach for designing and building software systems for several compelling reasons and advantages. It is... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-complete-microservices-guide-gmr1myhht twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Complete Microservices Guide | daily.dev og:description: Microservices have emerged as a popular architectural approach for designing and building software systems for several compelling reasons and advantages. It is... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-complete-microservices-guide-gmr1myhht og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gmr1MyHHT.png og:image:alt: The Complete Microservices Guide og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Complete Microservices Guide **[Amplication](https://daily.dev/sources/amplication)** · [@mulyg](https://daily.dev/mulyg) · 18 min read · 284 upvotes · 6 comments ## Summary Microservices have emerged as a popular architectural approach for designing and building software systems for several compelling reasons and advantages. It is a design approach that involves dividing applications into multiple distinct and independent services called "microservices" Microservices are naturally distributed services as each service is isolated from the others and runs in its own instance. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@huydq189** · 7 upvotes > complete ? **@erestu** · 5 upvotes > Thanks a lot, I translate your articles in My blog (Persian and Kurdish) **@danjack23** · 1 upvotes > I feel like Look, nobody really knows how to build these damn things. I've worked on several projects where the team is building "microservices" and the truth of the matter is that they're not building microservices **@algorodev** · 1 upvotes > Great guide! **@sarantechfriar** · 1 upvotes > What an engaging and informative guide! The article is truly exceptional, perfectly complementing the content. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#database](https://daily.dev/tags/database), [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#authentication](https://daily.dev/tags/authentication), [#cicd](https://daily.dev/tags/cicd), [#rest-api](https://daily.dev/tags/rest-api), [#microservices](https://daily.dev/tags/microservices), [#api-gateway](https://daily.dev/tags/api-gateway), [#monolith](https://daily.dev/tags/monolith), [#amplication](https://daily.dev/tags/amplication) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-complete-microservices-guide-gmr1myhht) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The Complete Microservices Guide","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-complete-microservices-guide-gmr1myhht","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-complete-microservices-guide-gmr1myhht"},"datePublished":"2023-09-21T08:28:40.329Z","dateModified":"2023-09-22T05:00:15.257Z","description":"Microservices have emerged as a popular architectural approach for designing and building software systems for several compelling reasons and advantages. 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