Re:Meta’s Microservice Architecture [pdf]
by YetAnotherNick on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @07:20AM
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> it's not "just" a network rpc, even technically
Except is is. Microservice doesn't mean distributed setup. For the first problem, yes service running in multiple pods causes issues, but even monolith could face the same issue. Statefulset based microservices not only exists, but is a pretty common setup. Also I would even call multiple container on the same pod as microservice, which basically solves all of the problem.
There are many ways to solve second problem. Some folks create different API version. I prefer different deployment.
Last is a problem for monolith. I know of big companies where compile time is in order of an hour for monolith, even for small change.
Except is is. Microservice doesn't mean distributed setup. For the first problem, yes service running in multiple pods causes issues, but even monolith could face the same issue. Statefulset based microservices not only exists, but is a pretty common setup. Also I would even call multiple container on the same pod as microservice, which basically solves all of the problem.
There are many ways to solve second problem. Some folks create different API version. I prefer different deployment.
Last is a problem for monolith. I know of big companies where compile time is in order of an hour for monolith, even for small change.