TL;DR

A lead architect is itching to slice a rock-solid monolith into a whopping 47 microservices—even though the app only sips about 2 requests per second. The debate on r/softwarearchitecture boils down to more than raw scaling: some argue it’s about team boundaries, clarity of responsibilities, and future flexibility, while others warn of needless complexity, deployment headaches, and premature optimization.

Ultimately, it’s a reminder that “microservices” shouldn’t just be a buzzword sticker price paid for hype. Instead, you need real pain points—whether performance, organizational scale, or maintainability—to justify the jump from a monolith to a swarm of tiny services.

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