Why Microservices are a Scam
Why Microservices are a Scam Microservices are a scam. They’re not an architecture—they’re a marketing ploy to sell you more servers, more complexity, and more consulting services. The Microservices Lie What They Tell You “Scalable and maintainable” “Independent deployment” “Technology diversity” “Fault isolation” “Team autonomy” What You Actually Get Distributed monolith: All services depend on each other Deployment hell: Coordinating releases across services Technology chaos: Different languages, frameworks, databases Failure cascade: One service failure breaks everything Team confusion: Nobody knows how anything works The Complexity Explosion Monolithic Application 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 # Simple, clear, maintainable def process_order(order): validate_order(order) charge_payment(order) update_inventory(order) send_confirmation(order) return order Microservices “Architecture” 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 # Order Service POST /orders GET /orders/{id} PUT /orders/{id} # Payment Service POST /payments GET /payments/{id} # Inventory Service POST /inventory GET /inventory/{id} # Notification Service POST /notifications GET /notifications/{id} Simple function becomes 4 services, 8 endpoints, and infinite complexity. ...