--- title: The costs of microservices | daily.dev description: Splitting an application into microservices adds complexity but can increase development speed and allow for independent scaling. It requires standardized... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-costs-of-microservices-tqqchmmix twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The costs of microservices | daily.dev og:description: Splitting an application into microservices adds complexity but can increase development speed and allow for independent scaling. It requires standardized... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-costs-of-microservices-tqqchmmix og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TqqcHMmiX.png og:image:alt: The costs of microservices 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 costs of microservices **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 6 min read · 12 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Splitting an application into microservices adds complexity but can increase development speed and allow for independent scaling. It requires standardized technologies, resource provisioning automation, defense mechanisms for remote calls, and careful consideration of continuous integration and operations. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#microservices](https://daily.dev/tags/microservices) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-costs-of-microservices-tqqchmmix) ```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 costs of microservices","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-costs-of-microservices-tqqchmmix","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-costs-of-microservices-tqqchmmix"},"datePublished":"2023-10-30T14:52:01.973Z","dateModified":"2023-10-30T14:51:48.805Z","description":"Splitting an application into microservices adds complexity but can increase development speed and allow for independent scaling. It requires standardized...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/63c08a74dddaa378c4c3b659ff3ce768?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/63c08a74dddaa378c4c3b659ff3ce768?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-costs-of-microservices-tqqchmmix","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":12},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"microservices","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The costs of microservices"}]} ```