Stop building tight-coupled microservices! Learn how to design true loosely coupled Java microservices using event-driven architecture with real-world examples, event flows, and best practices.

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Apr 29, 2025

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🧾 Introduction

Microservices architecture is popular because it promises independent services that can scale, evolve, and deploy separately.

But many teams end up building tight-coupled microservices — creating distributed monoliths that are harder to maintain than a traditional monolith.

In this guide, you’ll learn:

✅ What is Tight Coupling in Microservices?

✅ What is Loose Coupling in Microservices?

✅ What tight coupling looks like (real-world)