Quite an intricate architecture. I can't help but wonder if all of the complexity and different moving parts are worth it. Does it really make more sense than t

Quite an intricate architecture. I can't help but wonder if all of the complexity and different moving parts are worth it. Does it really make more sense than throwing more resources at a monolithic web service? Clearly the folks at Uber think it does, and they've obviously thought about the problem more than me, but I'd love to understand the reasoning.