Most big thinkers in our field agree: microservice architecture is rarely the correct choice. For 1/100 of projects, there might be a path forward with microservice architecture. Do you think your project is special enough to be that one? If you do, please attend this session.

In this session, not only will you come to understand microservices, you will also learn the pitfalls of the architecture as well as how to mitigate the risks and approach the creation of a microservice architecture.

After this session, you will be able to identify the situation where microservice architecture is a viable choice to go forward. In addition, you will know how to actually go forward. The goal is that after this session, many of you will view microservices differently.

Key takeaways:
- Why shouldn't you use microservice architecture
- What is the proper way to define microservices
- What are the pitfalls and problems of microservice architecture
- How to the pitfalls in the architecture
- Concrete examples on how to approach microservice architecture
- Useful microservice architecture patterns
- The team composition for succeeding in a microservice development project

Previously presented in Finnish in a seminar in December. The talk received a review of 4.7/5 from the audience, with about 200 votes.