The Death of Microservice Madness (2018)
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- Microservices have gained popularity, often seen as a path to better DevOps by emulating companies like Netflix.
- Microservices offer benefits like independent development, deployment, scalability, and reusability compared to monolithic architectures.
- Recent technological advances, such as Docker and Kubernetes, have made microservices more viable.
- Challenges include increased complexity for developers, operators, and DevOps teams, requiring serious expertise.
- Poorly defined service boundaries and state management complicate microservice implementations.
- Communication between services introduces challenges like retry logic, asynchronous patterns, and versioning issues.
- Distributed transactions and networking complexities add to the operational difficulties.
- Microservices can become 'monoliths in disguise' when managing orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
- Careful consideration is needed before adopting microservices, focusing on specific needs and challenges.
- Microservices are a technical pattern, not a complete architecture solution; thoughtful system design remains crucial.