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Done means perfectable. It means it's not perfect, but there must be a simple way to make it perfect. That's why monopoly, or monothlic architecture eventually
by revskill 4y ago
Done means perfectable. It means it's not perfect, but there must be a simple way to make it perfect.
That's why monopoly, or monothlic architecture eventually failed. They can't scale.
- cosmojg 4y ago> That's why monopoly, or monothlic architecture eventually failed. They can't scale. Could you provide some examples? One counterexample: Linux, the world's biggest monolithic kernel, seems to be going pretty strong.
- wongarsu 4y agoOn the software level the monoliths are going strong, but I guess you could make the argument on the hardware level? IBM system Z revenue is half what it was two decades ago, and every new system is designed to achieve scale and uptime by using multiple smallish servers, instead of one giant earthquake-safe mainframe with hotswappable processors.
- kzrdude 4y agoIt's called monolithic but it still has modules