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Re:AI should only run as fast as we can catch up by randomtoast on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @04:27AM (#46203004)
One problem is that the idea of being "well-structured" has gone overboard at some point over the past 20 years in many companies. As a result, many companies now operate highly convoluted monolithic systems that are extremely difficult to replace.

In contrast, a poorly designed microservice can be replaced much more easily. You can identify the worst-performing and most problematic microservices and replace them selectively.

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Re:AI should only run as fast as we can catch up by tuhgdetzhh on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @06:14AM (#46203600)
> One problem is that the idea of being "well-structured" has gone overboard at some point over the past 20 years

That's exactly my experience. While a well-structured monolith is a good idea in theory, and I'm sure such examples exist in practice, that has never been the case in any of my jobs. Friends working at other companies report similar experiences.

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