Chapter 10
From APIs to Microservices
The biggest fallacy about monoliths is you can have only one.
— Kelsey Hightower
All organizations want to deliver business value as fast as possible. At the same time, they must ensure their software consistently works as expected. Increasing the speed of development risks an increase in bugs and decrease in reliability. The larger a software solution becomes, the greater this risk.
To mitigate these risks, organizations are required to reduce velocity in software delivery by coordinating through meetings. These meetings seek to optimize delivery while addressing any risks along the way. The larger the software solution, the more meetings that are required to mitigate associated risks. Yet, every meeting ...
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