> This goes to his point, the time spent considering these points is time gained in delivering an MVP to market. In undiluted markets where you're entering 'ne

> This goes to his point, the time spent considering these points is time gained in delivering an MVP to market. In undiluted markets where you're entering 'new territory' -- sure. Get a product in user's hands and let it evolve how it should. There are different scenarios where companies already have a user base and you have to be able to respond to that load within your MVP. Referring to what I said in my original comment, there are always trade-offs, and monoliths have their place. If you have the luxury of time and money, I would say that a monolith is less than ideal. > You don't need that level of scaling potential in an MVP, and you get to have something out -- in time. While if you had started with a microservices approach you would still be off in that corner trying to get something usable out. Now you have a product in the hands of users, and your refactoring can consider that feedback. Don't disagree with this at all. Context of your market probably dictates whether you'll be in a corner or still figuring out service boundaries.