Why I'm No Longer Talking to Architects About Microservices

It happened again last week. I was at an architecture review meeting when a fellow architect eagerly started another debate about *microservices*. Within minutes, eyes glazed over and we were knee-deep in an absurd discussion about something that should have been a means to an end, but had morphed into the end itself. At that moment, I realized: I’m done. I’ve finally sworn off talking to architects about microservices. Why? Because these conversations usually go nowhere productive. I’ve boiled my frustration down to three problems: No one agrees on what "microservice" means. Microservices conversations are abstract, with little tie-in to real business goals Adopting microservices without changing your organisation is pointless. Problem One: No One Knows What a Microservice Is This is the most obvious problem. There’s no formal definition of what a microservice is, so when people talk about them, they often end up talking at cross purposes. Here are some definitions out there: Wh ... Read full article.