r/microservices is a subreddit with 23k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses microservices, architecture, api, design, and security.
Dedicated reddit to discuss Microservices
Popular Themes in r/microservices
#1
Advice Requests
: "8 Udemy courses to Learn System Design and Software Architecture"
16 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "What’s a good Postman alternative for microservices development?"
14 posts
#3
Ideas
: "How Dapr Outbox Implementation Eliminates Dual Writes in Distributed Applications"
4 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "Am I wrong? Can’t sleep due to my project(monolith to micros)"
1 post
#5
Opportunities
: "We're looking for people with microservices problems for interviews"
1 post
#6
News
: "Call for Speakers: Dapr Day 2025"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/microservices
#1
Microservices
: "We hit 200 Microservices and our API gateway became a problem"
165 posts
#2
Architecture
: "Rebuilt our entire microservices Architecture with 1 messaging system instead of 5"
72 posts
#3
Api
: "We hit 200 microservices and our Api gateway became a problem"
24 posts
#4
Design
: "10 Microservices Design Principles Every Senior Developer Should Master"
24 posts
#5
Security
: "Designing a Industry grade Security architecture for a Java microservices application."
12 posts
#6
System Design
: "8 Udemy courses to Learn System Design and Software Architecture"
12 posts
#7
Backend
: "A Practical Back End Engineering Roadmap"
11 posts
#8
Distributed
: "How Dapr Outbox Implementation Eliminates Dual Writes in Distributed Applications"
8 posts
#9
Java
: "Designing a Industry grade security architecture for a Java microservices application."
8 posts
#10
Scaling
: "Scaling to Millions: The Secret Behind NGINX's Concurrent Connection Handling"
6 posts
Flair Used in r/microservices
#1
Article/Video
: "The Software Architect's Reading List for 2026 (10 Books That Matter)"
96 posts
#2
Discussion/Advice
: "We hit 200 microservices and our API gateway became a problem"
82 posts
#3
Tool/Product
: "Indeed Workflow Framework (iWF) on Temporal"
22 posts
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+4k members(22.3%)
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Last updated: June 30, 2026