How do microservices evolve? An empirical analysis of changes in open-source microservice repositories

Abstract

Context. Microservice architectures are an emergent service-oriented paradigm widely used in industry to develop and deploy scalable software systems. The underlying idea is to design highly independent services that implement small units of functionality and can interact with each other through lightweight interfaces. Objective. Even though microservices are often used with success, their design and maintenance pose novel challenges to …