I don't think they are, but I think they should be
Eberhard Wolff @ewolff
2 Dec 2016
Maybe separated databases are the core of Microservices like architectures.

Dec 3, 2016 · 10:03 AM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov
. @stilkov you want to decouple two components. What's more important: separate deployment or separate database schemas?
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Inseparable: If database schemas are shared, development and deployment need to be synchronized every time there's a schema change
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Replying to @stilkov
Maybe coupling is seen as easier to handle as creating proper distributed systems w/ eventually consistent data & unversioned APIs
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Completely undisputed – far easier up to a certain size (though I do wonder why people split them up in the first place, then)
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We are not advocating shared schemas. We are just wondering how important separated schemas are.
Replying to @stilkov
separating databases has a few pros but many cons as well! It also depends how 'big' a #microservice is. Most cut way too tiny!
Replying to @stilkov
@ewolff we are doing db sep. currently as the first step