Which kneecap do you want to get shot in? I ask this question a lot. Microservices are trading one sort of complexity (the ball of mud) for another (configurat

Which kneecap do you want to get shot in? I ask this question a lot. Microservices are trading one sort of complexity (the ball of mud) for another (configuration). I've found that the win for microservices is largely about developer efficiency, not code performance or whatever. Keep the developers from constantly tripping over each other in large systems.