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0 pointsironmagma4y ago0 comments

> you only have so many inputs and outputs to a simpler system?

Doesn't a function only have so many inputs and outputs too? Scope capturing/global variables aside.

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> Doesn't a function only have so many inputs and outputs too? Scope capturing/global variables aside.

Sure, and a microservices architecture to me implies a larger movement towards function-esque, idemopotency, analyzability and away from global state.

To me, monolithic architecture implies global shared state that is difficult to reason about.

ironmagmaOP4y ago

It’s been mentioned elsewhere in this thread, but the lack of microservices doesn’t imply a global shared state. There’s a big difference between a large service that has well isolated modules, and a large service where all the state is contained in one struct, for example. I feel this issue is pitched as a false dichotomy.

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