[karmakaze]

I can certainly see how this happens. Points to how poorly all the chatter about microservices obscures important points. This post itself doesn't strongly enough highlight that 12 developers is a full-stop no microservices decision point.

Or to phrase it differently, it's like a horror film where a small/skinny person goes into a dark unknown basement by themselves. Sure there's a story to be had, but the important bits to know come before the decision. I suppose it could be useful how to best defend oneself in a rare situation but avoiding it altogether is better if easy to learn.