Apparent Solution

Let's (not) break up the monolith - Part 2

Why microservices will not solve your problems

Uwe Friedrichsen

12 minute read

(Artificial) landscape with cactuses

In the previous post, we started with the observation that companies (still) want to break up their monoliths into microservices. If you ask them what they expect from this measure, they typically expect to cure the “big ball of mud” issue with microservices or to improve their time to market with them.

Let's (not) break up the monolith - Part 1

Why microservices will not solve your problems

Uwe Friedrichsen

10 minute read

Group of cactuses

Time and again clients approach my colleagues and me with the request that they want to break up their monolith into microservices and they ask us how to do this best. Apparently, they are convinced that breaking up the monolith into microservices will solve some big problems they had for a long time.