This article nails it, but I still like microservices because I’ve yet to see a team doing a modular architecture in memory keep from creating a spaghetti mess

This article nails it, but I still like microservices because I’ve yet to see a team doing a modular architecture in memory keep from creating a spaghetti mess of interdependence. Yes, the same often happens in microservices, but the extra complexity of a distributed system provides a slightly stronger nudge to decouple that means some teams at the margin do achieve something modular. I’m something of a skeptic on modular monoliths until we as an industry adopt practices that encourage decoupling more than we currently do. Yes, in theory they’re the same as microservices, without the distributed complexity, but in practice, microservices provide slightly better friction/incentives to decouple.