I like the application segmentation strategy (when you can get away with it); it reminds me of the unix philosophy but over a message bus instead of pipes.
Running things over a message bus is slightly more work than one large application, but the upshot is that it lets you experiment with new technologies and ways of doing things without betting the entire product/company on it.
Running things over a message bus is slightly more work than one large application, but the upshot is that it lets you experiment with new technologies and ways of doing things without betting the entire product/company on it.