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> I couldn't agree more. Martin Fowler warned us a long time ago : "The first rule of distributed objects : don't distribute them". Funny that now the same per
by mk89 10y ago
> I couldn't agree more. Martin Fowler warned us a long time ago : "The first rule of distributed objects : don't distribute them".
Funny that now the same person carries the flag with the symbol of microservices, which are seen as a way to "get rid of architects". That's exactly what Thoughtworks believes in - and you will understand more if you read the first chapters of the book "Building Microservices", or if you join their recent conferences. Just my 2 cents.
- jazzyk 10y agoNot to take anything from Martin Fowler, but the "do not distribute (unless you absolutely have to)" rule originated at Sun much, much earlier. I have a hardcopy of the paper somewhere, it was a conclusion drawn from acknowledging the fallacies of distributed computing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacies_of_distributed_computing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacies_of_distributed_compu...