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Re:Flat Will Kill You, Eventually: Why Every Company Needs S... by hopsoft on Friday November 27, 2015 @12:47PM (#10638159)
Conway's Law & micro-services help maintain flatter organizations at least in tech focused companies. When disagreements arise & consensus is hard, the various parties can simply introduce a new service boundary & go their different ways.
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Re:Flat Will Kill You, Eventually: Why Every Company Needs S... by Scarblac on Friday November 27, 2015 @02:01PM (#10638408)
We have exactly that. Eight microservices that should have been two, all using slightly different technlogy, and still nobody buys our product since everybody disagree on what customers actually need.
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Re:Flat Will Kill You, Eventually: Why Every Company Needs S... by jacques_chester on Friday November 27, 2015 @01:25PM (#10638279)
I'm not sure if this an argument for "true" flatness so much as it's an argument for self-organising teams.
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