Why Are Software Engineers Quitting Microservices?

Dave Farley dives into the growing backlash against microservices, unpacking the hidden complexity, sprawl and maintenance nightmares that often come with “distributed everything.” He walks through common design patterns that look great on paper but turn into tangled webs in production—driving teams to question whether the hype is actually worth the headache.

Along the way, Dave shares real-world war stories from developers who’ve had to refactor or even rip out microservices, plus tips on when to go monolith (or at least a more measured approach). If you’ve ever bitten off more than you can chew with Spring Boot or watched deploy pipelines groan under service churn, this is the wake-up call you didn’t know you needed.

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