Does Netflix use microservice architecture?

Unprecedented scalability with microservices-based architecture. In the microservices-based architecture that Netflix deployed , larger software programs are broken down into smaller programs, or components, based on modularity, and every such component has its own data encapsulation.

Unlike a traditional monolithic development approach—where different teams each have a specific focus on, say, UIs, databases, technology layers, or server-side logic—microservice architecture utilizes cross-functional teams .

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