Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication Leonardo da Vinci, 1452
Modern microservices... they're fast and scalable and resilient (if you do them right)... but still slow to develop, using the same old IDEs, languages and processes!
$mock say.hi (name ?= "Harry") => (greeting = "Hello, " + name)
Having an API can be easy - here's one just above (one that you can edit and fiddle with). In fact, this is also the simplest microservice you could have ever created (read more)
$send say.hi (name = "Jane")
$expect (greeting contains "Jane")