Picture this: a rock-solid monolith handling about two requests per second, and your lead architect insists on slicing it into 47 microservices. A lively Reddit thread on r/softwarearchitecture debates whether this is genuine scaling or just architectural showboating, weighing the trade-offs of team coordination, service sprawl, and hidden operational costs.
The conversation digs into when you should actually split a monolith—organizational size versus performance needs—and questions if the ROI justifies the complexity. Spoiler: if you’re not hitting any traffic or maintenance limits, sometimes keeping it simple is the smartest move.
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