Most people don't understand the point of microservices. They look at the idea and are attracted by the power of modular interfaces, customizable scalability an

Most people don't understand the point of microservices. They look at the idea and are attracted by the power of modular interfaces, customizable scalability and independent deployment, without really thinking of the additional engineering overhead that are required to unleash these capabilities. I've seen ex-Netflix software engineers taking jobs elsewhere and proposing microservices for systems that would receive little to no benefit from them. In practice, the implementation of microservices in these contexts become a costly solution looking for a problem.