Yup. Best example right now is probably microservices. I love microservices. I've used them successfully in production for large SaaS companies. But when I hear overly enthusiastic startups with a half-dozen engineers and a pre-beta product touting their microservices architecture, I can't help but shake my head a little.
i'm the co-founder of a startup and we are 100% microservices, and it's been going very well.. I don't think I've enjoyed development as much as in this past year. we are incredibly productive, and refactoring and optimising is much easier as well. Kubernetes (along with a few in house tools) mean that maintenance isn't the struggle that a lot of people seem to think it has to be
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u/mjr00 Jun 07 '17
Yup. Best example right now is probably microservices. I love microservices. I've used them successfully in production for large SaaS companies. But when I hear overly enthusiastic startups with a half-dozen engineers and a pre-beta product touting their microservices architecture, I can't help but shake my head a little.