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Microservices

The architectural equivalent of a thousand tiny monoliths—great for scaling, terrible for your sanity.

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#1

Microservices

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The architectural equivalent of a thousand tiny monoliths—great for scaling, terrible for your sanity.

Pros

  • +Enables independent scaling and deployment per service
  • +Improves fault isolation and resilience
  • +Facilitates polyglot technology stacks
  • +Easier to understand and modify individual components

Cons

  • -Introduces complexity in distributed systems and debugging
  • -Requires robust DevOps and monitoring overhead
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The microservices whisperer: blazing fast, but good luck debugging that binary blob.

Pros

  • +High-performance with HTTP/2 and Protocol Buffers
  • +Built-in support for streaming and load balancing
  • +Strong typing and code generation across multiple languages

Cons

  • -Binary payloads make debugging a nightmare
  • -Steep learning curve for Protocol Buffers and HTTP/2 quirks
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