So: * Monolithic: expensive but very carefully crafted. Beautiful. Self-contained and self-supporting. There's enough for everyone, and you'll keep it around f

So: * Monolithic: expensive but very carefully crafted. Beautiful. Self-contained and self-supporting. There's enough for everyone, and you'll keep it around for years (ok you'll keep a piece in the freezer, the metaphor only goes so far...) * Microservices: cheaper, easier, and more popular on social media. Leaves you feeling a bit unsatisfied, and with a tendency to drop crumbs all over the place as you try to access the contents. Stale and discarded after a day. (I'm assuming the spiky-haired genius was speaking in favor of microservices and I wanted to have fun with the metaphor :)