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Once had a coworker advocate for microservices because "you split everything into separate services and they all just work" quote, unquote. I've wondered ever since how typical that mindset might be whenever I hear anyone else pushing for similar such solutions.

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The biggest benefit to microservices to many people is the fact that everyone else is also doing microservices.

Externally mediated taste is how a lot of people operate. And they may have a vague idea that they should not defer as much to it, but they don’t have the experience to take the risk. So they double down on consensus.

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