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0 pointssimplotek3y ago0 comments

> (...) like using microservices on a system that gets 1k users a day.

This sort of specious reasoning just shows how pervasive is the fundamental misunderstanding of the whole point of microservices. Microservices solve organizational problems, and their advantages in scaling and reliability only show up as either nice-to-haves or as distant seconds.

Microservices can an do make sense even if you have 10 users making a hand full of requests, if those services are owned and maintained by distinct groups.

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lelanthran3y ago· 1 in thread

> Microservices can an do make sense even if you have 10 users making a hand full of requests, if those services are owned and maintained by distinct groups.

Maybe, but after the next CEO comes in, those groups would be reorganised anyway :-/

Few companies maintain their org chart for a large length of time. My last place had the microservices maintained by distinct groups when I joined. When I left a third of the people were gone and half the groups were merged into the other half.

This is not an uncommon thing. Going microservices because you don't want to step on other peoples toes is a good reason, but it's an even bet that the boundaries will shift anyway.

simplotekOP3y ago

> Maybe, but after the next CEO comes in, those groups would be reorganised anyway :-/

That's perfectly fine, because microservices excel in that scenario: just hand over the keys to the repo and the pipelines, and you're done.

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