[ironmagma]

> you only have so many inputs and outputs to a simpler system?

Doesn't a function only have so many inputs and outputs too? Scope capturing/global variables aside.

[whimsicalism]

> Doesn't a function only have so many inputs and outputs too? Scope capturing/global variables aside.

Sure, and a microservices architecture to me implies a larger movement towards function-esque, idemopotency, analyzability and away from global state.

To me, monolithic architecture implies global shared state that is difficult to reason about.

[ironmagma]

It’s been mentioned elsewhere in this thread, but the lack of microservices doesn’t imply a global shared state. There’s a big difference between a large service that has well isolated modules, and a large service where all the state is contained in one struct, for example. I feel this issue is pitched as a false dichotomy.