Hot take: most teams don't need microservices

After watching three teams drown in service sprawl, I'd start with a modular monolith. Where did microservices genuinely pay off for you?

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Wish I'd read about microservices versus monoliths years ago.

Cozy Rider · 2 likes

me reading this at 2am instead of sleeping

been thinking about microservices vs monoliths all morning lol

Same, it took me ages to figure this stuff out.

Cost matters more than people admit when choosing between microservices and a monolith.

haha accurate

Kabir Khan · 3 likes

I work with this stuff, and choosing between microservices and a monolith isn't as simple as it sounds.

Jiho Lee · 13 likes

yeah same here, didn't think about it that way

my wallet just cried reading that

I think the microservices versus monoliths choice matters more to regular developers than it gets credit for.

my wallet just cried reading that

Small teams will feel the impact of choosing microservices or a monolith before big companies do.

my wallet just cried reading that

been following microservices vs monoliths for a while now and it keeps surprising me honestly

haha accurate

How will the microservices versus monoliths debate look in a year?

I tried to explain microservices vs monoliths to my dad and failed miserably lol

Yeah, that's a hard one to explain.