It's titled faster, cheaper, better:... microservices, implying they were all due to splitting into microservices. But as usual it turns out refactoring was the saviour and microservices achieved jack-squat apart from having something nice to put on his CV.
Lol, Mirco-service architecture is a vehicle that can make it easier to achieve those goals. It is not a black or white solution. There are pros and cons.
