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> Theads's technology stack is almost identical to Instagram's, consisting of a few monolithic application components and dedicated data stores. "Monolithic Ar

> Theads's technology stack is almost identical to Instagram's, consisting of a few monolithic application components and dedicated data stores. "Monolithic Architecture" // shows diagram with like 5 boxes on it...

Maxion 3y ago
I guess it's now called monolithic when you don't split your core features into 10 microservices each?
theyinwhy 3y ago
Interesting enough, Netflix says that what they call microservices others would call monoliths: https://www.infoq.com/presentations/netflix-java/ https://www.infoq.com/presentations/netflix-java/
- polotics 3y ago
  I've been using the term "Nanoservice" for the kind of finest-lasagna code we see in the field, but sadly it hasn't caught on much yet...
- dilyevsky 3y ago
  That’s what any reasonable person has been calling it all along
darkwater 3y ago
If the same code runs different paths in the the different boxes, it's still 100% a monolith.
- superb_dev 3y ago
  So if it never branches?
  - darkwater 3y ago
    So what? GP was complaining that a monolith cannot possibly have 5 boxes. (It must have exactly one, I guess, in their vision). You can totally have a monolith that runs the same code base in 5 different "roles".
    - dilyevsky 3y ago
      If they did package the same exact codebase in a single monster binary and ran it that way, calling it a “monolith” would be even more hilarious but that’s not what they did
infamia 3y ago
> "Monolithic Architecture" // shows diagram with like 5 boxes on it... Those five boxes represent a web proxy/server, an async system (likely analgous to an AMPQ server, Celery, etc.), a caching server, and finally the DB server. That looks like a pretty standard monolith at scale to me?
- dilyevsky 3y ago
  Yes, each of those consisting of a number of (micro?)services of their own. The Async system alone is a monster. The question is can you build a monolith out of dozens of microservices? Answer - anything is possible with the right marketing spin

Maxion 3y ago

I guess it's now called monolithic when you don't split your core features into 10 microservices each?

theyinwhy 3y ago

Interesting enough, Netflix says that what they call microservices others would call monoliths: https://www.infoq.com/presentations/netflix-java/ https://www.infoq.com/presentations/netflix-java/

polotics 3y ago
I've been using the term "Nanoservice" for the kind of finest-lasagna code we see in the field, but sadly it hasn't caught on much yet...
dilyevsky 3y ago
That’s what any reasonable person has been calling it all along

darkwater 3y ago

If the same code runs different paths in the the different boxes, it's still 100% a monolith.

superb_dev 3y ago
So if it never branches?
- darkwater 3y ago
  So what? GP was complaining that a monolith cannot possibly have 5 boxes. (It must have exactly one, I guess, in their vision). You can totally have a monolith that runs the same code base in 5 different "roles".
  - dilyevsky 3y ago
    If they did package the same exact codebase in a single monster binary and ran it that way, calling it a “monolith” would be even more hilarious but that’s not what they did

infamia 3y ago

> "Monolithic Architecture" // shows diagram with like 5 boxes on it... Those five boxes represent a web proxy/server, an async system (likely analgous to an AMPQ server, Celery, etc.), a caching server, and finally the DB server. That looks like a pretty standard monolith at scale to me?

dilyevsky 3y ago
Yes, each of those consisting of a number of (micro?)services of their own. The Async system alone is a monster. The question is can you build a monolith out of dozens of microservices? Answer - anything is possible with the right marketing spin