Day 2 of #DistributedDilemmas: Microservices don't eliminate complexity, they redistribute it
Microservices don't eliminate complexity, they redistribute it. Your monolith's function calls become network calls. Pick which failures you want to debug…
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Your monolith’s function calls become network calls. Pick which failures you want to debug at 3 AM.
Choose your debugging battles wisely. (:
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