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The idea of building applications using services has always had appeal. Why code from scratch when you can assemble multiple applications that tap the same services via standard APIs? As long as those services are properly provisioned, you should be able to enjoy tremendous economies of scale.

In the past, attempts at implementing this notion collapsed under the weight of overengineering (particularly the CORBA and SOA trends). But one of the most interesting aspects of microservices -- basically small, API-accessible, single-purpose programs -- is that their use has been a grassroots, developer-driven phenomenon. This time, the services approach has legs.

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