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CodeOpinion: 47 Microservices… for 2 Requests Per Second?!

47 Microservices for 2 Requests Per Second?!

Picture a stable monolith chugging along at a blistering 2 RPS—then someone proposes carving it into 47 microservices. Cue the r/softwarearchitecture throwdown: is this genius future-proofing, or just an architect craving complexity?

The real meat of the debate dives into trade-offs: true performance vs. org politics, monolith scaling tricks versus microservices overhead, and ultimately what actually delivers value (hint: often it’s not the next shiny service).

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