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by CyanLite4 2181 days ago
Management overvalues complex systems and undervalues more elegant approaches. Architects are often more than willing to oblige mostly to live out their fantasies.

Thus, we have every company it seems these days running around trying to implement microservices because “our architecture is like Netflix’s”. No, that LOB CRUD application isn’t like Netflix and you don’t need polyglot storage, Kubernetes, and microservices to capture input from a web form. However, one of the managers between the architect and the CEO (see: Peter Principle) is extremely impressed by this idea and can use it to advance their personal career.