Should microservices share a database with the monolith?
No. Each service should own its data. Sharing databases couples services and defeats the purpose. Sync data with events or do a one-time migration.
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Use the strangler fig pattern. Pick a bounded context, extract it into a service with its own database, route traffic to it, and delete the old code from the monolith. Repeat.
Big-bang rewrites freeze the product for months and risk failure. The strangler fig pattern lets you ship each step independently and roll back if needed.
A feature with clear boundaries that can be extracted independently. Auth, payments, or notifications are good because they are self-contained. Pick something stable, not the part changing every week.
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