Expain microservies and how it is different from monolith

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Microservices are a software development technique where an application is composed of small, independent services that communicate with each other.

Microservices are small, independent services that focus on specific business capabilities.
Each microservice can be developed, deployed, and scaled independently.
Microservices communicate with each other through APIs.
Monolith is a single, large application where all components are tightly coupled.
Monoliths are typically harder to scale and maintain compared to microservices.
Example: An e-commerce application may have separate microservices for user management, product catalog, and order processing.

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