Tech is a pendulum driven by cost, convenience and comfort. We move forward if innovate reduces cost or adds convenience.. we move back to familiar ground when things get too complex. At some point we stabilize in the middle.
From microservices to monolith at Amazon: https://www.primevideotech.com/video-streaming/scaling-up-the-prime-video-audio-video-monitoring-service-and-reducing-costs-by-90 And a recent monolith to microservices at Khan Academy: https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/real-world-eng-8
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