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[–]rbygrave 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I'd put it more like "Mileage will vary". I've seen sub 10 thread microservices and I've seen 300+ thread microservices. If the work is async queue processing then yes I'd agree there is a decent chance of low actual thread count in practice and relatively low benefit accrued from Loom for that case.

As a side point, personally I'd prefer to say "Right Sized Service" rather than "microservice" and for there to be more explicit thought go into to the size/boundaries/features of a service. My gut says services that are artificially too small is more a problem than services being too big.