// utils/src/main/java/com/app/utils/
├── StringUtils.java
├── DateUtils.java
├── FileUtils.java
├── HttpUtils.java
├── CryptoUtils.java
├── ImageUtils.java      // Depends on ImageMagick
└── PdfUtils.java        // Depends on iText

// pom.xml for utils module
<dependencies>
    <dependency>imagemagick</dependency>  <!-- 50MB -->
    <dependency>itext-pdf</dependency>     <!-- 20MB -->
    <dependency>bouncycastle</dependency>  <!-- 10MB -->
</dependencies>

// A service that only needs StringUtils
// must now depend on all 80MB of transitive dependencies

// string-utils/
├── StringUtils.java
└── pom.xml  // No heavy dependencies

// date-utils/
├── DateUtils.java
└── pom.xml

// image-processing/
├── ImageUtils.java
├── ImageResizer.java
└── pom.xml  // ImageMagick dependency only here

// pdf-generation/
├── PdfUtils.java
├── PdfBuilder.java
└── pom.xml  // iText dependency only here

// crypto/
├── CryptoUtils.java
├── HashingService.java
└── pom.xml  // BouncyCastle dependency only here

// Services import only what they need
// order-service depends on string-utils, date-utils (2MB)
// report-service depends on string-utils, pdf-generation (22MB)