Re:Why I'm No Longer Talking to Architects About Microservices
by bell-cot on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @07:37AM
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> ... I was at an architecture review meeting when a fellow architect eagerly started another debate about microservices. ...
> 1. ...
> 2. Microservices conversations are abstract, with little tie-in to real business goals
> 3. ...
This is why there should be a real manager, or a real senior engineer, in every meeting. It doesn't matter whether the kids have wandered off into talking about CS abstractions, or about their fantasy football leagues, or the meeting has turned into an eyes-glazed-over performative attendance event - if it's a real business, there needs to be a real grown-up saying (in effect) this is a waste of time, get back to work.
> 1. ...
> 2. Microservices conversations are abstract, with little tie-in to real business goals
> 3. ...
This is why there should be a real manager, or a real senior engineer, in every meeting. It doesn't matter whether the kids have wandered off into talking about CS abstractions, or about their fantasy football leagues, or the meeting has turned into an eyes-glazed-over performative attendance event - if it's a real business, there needs to be a real grown-up saying (in effect) this is a waste of time, get back to work.