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When an organization is large and siloed, there is value in decoupling different parts of the application, assuming the ownership and expertise are properly dis
by zurawiki 3y ago
When an organization is large and siloed, there is value in decoupling different parts of the application, assuming the ownership and expertise are properly distributed.
As the comment below mentions, microservices is a fashion–one that took off among overly-staffed eng teams. Having separate parts of the app to deploy can be a liability for a small team frequently deploying breaking changes.
- rbanffy 3y ago> When an organization is large and siloed I'd argue that lose coupling is a core principle of good software architecture. Bing able to deploy separately only makes it more convenient to manage. > frequently deploying breaking changes That's never a good sign. Frequently deploying, yes. Frequently breaking, not so much.