Re:How we ended up with microservices
by aiiane on Thursday September 10, 2015 @02:15AM
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The same reason why often the servers themselves are structured to have separate frontends and backends - because they encompass different problem spaces, and specialization provides efficiency.
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Re:How we ended up with microservices
by erikpukinskis on Thursday September 10, 2015 @02:43AM
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"Specialization provides efficiency" is definitely not a general purpose truth. Specialization can just as easily cause inefficiency.
Re:How we ended up with microservices
by rimantas on Thursday September 10, 2015 @03:31AM
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Specialization provides loads of communication (or lack of it) between those specialist. Alas, every time the team I was on was doing some soul-searching it came up that the main problem was communication. Don't underestimate the effect of communication overhead and the cost of miscommunication.