47 Microservices… for 2 Requests Per Second?!

A lead architect wants to slice a stable monolith into 47 microservices even though the app barely hits 2 requests per second, sparking a Reddit debate on whether this is a genuine scaling need or just over-engineering.

The discussion dives into throughput vs. perspective, organizational drivers, when to scale a monolith, and whether the maintenance cost of so many services ever pays off.

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