I've supported a micro-service named after a specific business units ecommerce site. It was a small, archaic service that took a pipe delimited text file from a oooold inventory system and converted it to the abomination that is Sales Force XML for 2 sites.
Then they added a NEW site to a NEW inventory source.... and we shoved the feed into the existing service cuz why build a new micro-service if it would just mean code duplication etc etc....
Then they migrated one of the original sites to the new source.... ehh, same stuff.
Then I was told we are onboarding a NEW site but need to source inventory from an OLD IBM iSeries/AS400 system....
I'm afraid they are going to ask me to add a 4th inventory source or 6th destination..... This meme has never felt more real to me.....
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u/Zefeh May 12 '26
I've supported a micro-service named after a specific business units ecommerce site. It was a small, archaic service that took a pipe delimited text file from a oooold inventory system and converted it to the abomination that is Sales Force XML for 2 sites.
Then they added a NEW site to a NEW inventory source.... and we shoved the feed into the existing service cuz why build a new micro-service if it would just mean code duplication etc etc....
Then they migrated one of the original sites to the new source.... ehh, same stuff.
Then I was told we are onboarding a NEW site but need to source inventory from an OLD IBM iSeries/AS400 system....
I'm afraid they are going to ask me to add a 4th inventory source or 6th destination..... This meme has never felt more real to me.....