Monolith vs microservices: the pendulum is swinging back

After years of splitting everything up, our team merged five services into one deployable. Deploys got faster and on-call got calmer.

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Liam Naidoo · 14 likes

We compared monoliths and microservices last quarter. Small cases went well; bigger ones got messy.

Huy Le · 13 likes

my wallet felt that

I do this for a living, and the biggest costs of choosing monoliths or microservices aren't the ones in the demo :)

can you share what you changed

It's easier for beginners to explore monoliths and microservices than a year ago. That part is underrated.

Huy Le · 7 likes

I'm more of an enthusiast than a pro, but experimenting with monoliths and microservices on weekends has been fun!

can you share what you changed

I hadn't thought of experimenting with it on weekends.

Would love to see actual data on monolith vs microservices instead of vibes. Anyone have links :)

Yeah, actual data would be useful.

Is anyone else tired of the hype around monolith vs microservices, feels like every other post is about it

Good point, didn't think of that

My manager read one article on monolith vs microservices and now it's our whole roadmap lol :)