It’s ridiculous that the web is still clinging on to monolithic backends — with their high costs, slower speeds, and huge surface area for attacks — in an age o

It’s ridiculous that the web is still clinging on to monolithic backends — with their high costs, slower speeds, and huge surface area for attacks — in an age of microservices. Microservices have plenty of downsides. Choosing between a monolith or a bunch of microservices is an engineering decision that needs to be made on a case by case basis, not a rejection of an obsolete architecture.