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Don't forget that an RPC call can take longer to complete than a function call. Loose coupling doesn't imply that your program expects operations to routinely t
by to3m 11y ago
Don't forget that an RPC call can take longer to complete than a function call. Loose coupling doesn't imply that your program expects operations to routinely take 1ms to return results.
- mje__ 11y agoOr sometimes 10s, or never, or partial results, or dropped connections, or... The network is not reliable.
- pdpi 11y agoI was replying to a comment that ended with "If performance of technology is the only metric that matters to you, then yes, microservices are probably a horrible idea". I figured that it'd be more effective to make my point without bringing performance into the discussion.