Debunking the reusability and autonomy fallacies
This post discusses two widespread fallacies – that microservices improve reusability (and thus pay for themselves after a short while) and that microservices improve team autonomy.
What we can learn from the latest AWS outage
There was a bigger outage at AWS this week, and of course media coverage was big again. E.g., “Amazon Web Services outage hobbles businesses”, titles the Washington Post, just to name one.
Debunking the simplicity fallacy
This post discusses the widespread fallacy that solutions become simpler with microservices.
Debunking the scalability fallacy
This post discusses the widespread fallacy that microservices are needed to tackle scaling issues.
The origins and fallacies of microservices
This is a blog series discussing the fallacies of microservices. It complements a talk I have given.
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Hi, I am Uwe, travelling the world of IT for many years. I worked in many roles in and around IT. Sharing my thought, ideas and insights here.
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