> Or is it just a more modern, streamlined buzzword? You'd be surprised how many people taking the "micro service" bait have never heard of an n-tier architect

> Or is it just a more modern, streamlined buzzword? You'd be surprised how many people taking the "micro service" bait have never heard of an n-tier architecture or even SOA. I pity the next generation of developers that will have to maintain all that micro-servicing mess developed today. Instead of relying on a simple architecture with messaging and workers, micro-service evangelists are turning maintenance and deployment of applications into a nightmare for the sake of being hip. I won't even talk about amazon lambda which is the "acme" of vendor lock in .