Monolithic architectures are great for starting out, but as your application grows, scaling becomes a nightmare. Let's explore how to transition a Laravel monolith into a microservices architecture.
Domain-Driven Design
Before writing a single line of code, you must define your bounded contexts. DDD helps you separate your e-commerce platform into distinct services: Inventory, Billing, and Shipping.
Event-Driven Communication
Microservices should rarely communicate via synchronous HTTP calls. Instead, use an event bus like RabbitMQ or Kafka to publish events asynchronously.
