I worked for a company that had tried to adopt microservices (without a good reason to) and failed miserably. Over time we were able to re-architect it into a "

I worked for a company that had tried to adopt microservices (without a good reason to) and failed miserably. Over time we were able to re-architect it into a "happy medium" of a few large components. It was a huge, costly effort... and I've never learned so much. Beyond technical concerns, I learned that you can architect a looming disaster and then leave for a higher position at a big company. Nobody watching your conference talk will know.