> microservices are essential at any large company There in lies the rub, the majority of engineers don't work at companies that need the kind of scale that Fa

> microservices are essential at any large company There in lies the rub, the majority of engineers don't work at companies that need the kind of scale that Facebook has. The majority of us work at smaller shops that can get by fine without all the overhead that microservices introduce. The problem that I see is that there are to many folks not weighing the pros and cons of the architectural decisions they are making, and are just joining the cargo cult.