Code, Noted· 3 min read
Best practice has an expiry date
Microservices were mandatory in 2016 and apologized for by 2023. An essay on why engineering wisdom decays, and how to date a practice before adopting it.
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Tagged: microservices
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· 2 min read
What a service boundary is for
Before arguing about microservices it helps to ask what a boundary buys you. The answer was written down in 1972 and has not changed.
#architecture#boundaries#microservices
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The monolith was fine
Twice a decade the industry rediscovers that one well-made deployable can be the correct architecture. A history of the rediscovery cycle.
#architecture#monolith#microservices