Re:Amazon Prime Video’s Microservices Move Doesn’t Lead to a...
by dkarl on Monday July 10, 2023 @10:58AM
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I guess "monolithic" is relative -- a microservice is a monolithic alternative to a bunch of step functions and lambda functions.
I bet this particular story would be fascinating if we had more details, but mostly it's funny (and annoying) that so many people are invested in the idea that there is a "monolith/microservices" debate that makes sense outside of a particular engineering problem and context.
It's funny how in engineering religions arise from anti-religiosity. We have a religion of people yelling "monoliths!" thinking they are not religious but are only fighting against the microservices religion, and vice-versa, a religion of people yelling "microservices!" that think they are not religious but are only fighting against the monolith religion.
I bet this particular story would be fascinating if we had more details, but mostly it's funny (and annoying) that so many people are invested in the idea that there is a "monolith/microservices" debate that makes sense outside of a particular engineering problem and context.
It's funny how in engineering religions arise from anti-religiosity. We have a religion of people yelling "monoliths!" thinking they are not religious but are only fighting against the microservices religion, and vice-versa, a religion of people yelling "microservices!" that think they are not religious but are only fighting against the monolith religion.