[kingdomcome50]

No no no. This is right. Inserting layers of indirection doesn't change the inherent coupling that exists between components.

Sure you may be able to call it "looser" coupling, but you may also be able to call it a rats nest of complexity!

[Spivak]

Yep, monoliths aren’t a bad thing so long as the problem domain is actually inherently coupled.

If you break out a separate service from your monolith and it’s not independently useful to things other than your app then you probably should put it back.