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If it wasn't for a good portion of tech leads FAANG aspirational goals I bet a lot more companies would be on monoliths. It's simply staggering the productivity

by RowanH 3y ago

If it wasn't for a good portion of tech leads FAANG aspirational goals I bet a lot more companies would be on monoliths. It's simply staggering the productivity and cost differences (up to of course a certain point) being on monoliths vs microservices. The discussions on authorisation alone.....

simplotek 3y ago
> If it wasn't for a good portion of tech leads FAANG aspirational goals I bet a lot more companies would be on monoliths. I think you inadvertently pointed out one of the advantages of microservices: the ability to bootstrap ideas without having to be hindered by artificial barriers to entry. If you have an idea and want to show it off, you just implement it and make it available to the public. Call it "aspirational goals", but I don't see any advantage in barring people from providing value without having to wrangle bureaucracies, red tape, and office politics.