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Re:Ask HN: Are we overcomplicating software development? by serge2k on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @02:01PM (#13429225)
> forces good design and reduces cognitive load

Except splitting into microservices is an unnecessarily complex design choice. That's almost always worse, and the cognitive load comes in when you now need to figure out how to get this stuff right. The scaling benefits also require that you get it right, small flaws in your system become massive issues.

Re:Ask HN: Are we overcomplicating software development? by rhizome on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @02:22PM (#13429434)
"Is your bicycle too slow? Get a helicopter!"