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Difference between event-driven and request-driven microservices.

Mid Microservices

Answer

Request-driven: Services call each other synchronously using HTTP/gRPC.

Event-driven: Services publish/subscribe to events asynchronously.

Event-driven provides higher decoupling and responsiveness.

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