For the record, at Uber, we're moving many of our microservices to what @copyconstruct calls macroservices (wells-sized services). Exactly b/c testing and maintaining thousands of microservices is not only hard - it can cause more trouble long-term than it solves the short-term.
Cindy Sridharan @copyconstruct
6 Apr 2020
- Microservices are hard. - Building reliable and testable microservices is a lot harder than most folks think - Effectively *testing* microservices requires a ton of tooling and foresight. - A Netflix/Uber style microservices isn't required by many (most?) orgs. - Macroservices?
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We’ve been advocating this for a while scs-architecture.org

SCS: Self-contained Systems

An architectural approach that separates a larger system’s functionality into many independent, collaborating systems.

scs-architecture.org
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Over a decade I believe...
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Replying to @mosesjones @GergelyOrosz @copyconstruct
Almost. First commit 5 years ago.

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Replying to @stilkov @mosesjones @GergelyOrosz @copyconstruct
To me the concept of SCS is “microservices done right” since chatty systems makes autonomy difficult/impossible
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Yes, I agree and often phrase it that way, depending on the connotations the word “microservice” has for the people I’m talking to
Replying to @stilkov @mosesjones @GergelyOrosz @copyconstruct
Needs a more marketable name though :-)
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