A minimal architectural diagram showing controllers, services, and domain entities, with business logic drifting upward into services and increasing complexity.

Why Most Service Layers Make Code Worse

Service layers were meant to coordinate use cases, but in many systems they become dumping grounds for business logic. This post explains why that happens, how it leads to anemic domain models and brittle tests, and what to do instead.

January 5, 2026 · 11 min
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