Let's take a step back and look at the rise of microservices and REST and the apparent decline of SOAP-based web services. What are the statistics and the reasons?
It's easy to forget how interconnected our money is becoming with the world around us. See how APIs are playing an essential role in the modern economy.
We all know the big goal is low coupling and high cohesion. But if asked to, could you write down what smells you would see to identify tightly coupled code?