Lead architect wants to break a rock-solid monolith into 47 microservices, despite the app handling a measly 2 requests per second. A reddit post on r/softwarearchitecture sparks the classic dev vs. architect clash: is this about true scaling or just architectural showboating?
The thread peels back layers—maybe it’s less about server load and more about team autonomy, deployment ownership and organizational politics. Bottom line: microservices should address real pain, not inflate complexity for complexity’s sake.
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