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The Grug Brained Developer (2022)

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1087 points smartmic | 3 comments | 17 Jun 25 20:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.875s | source
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anthomtb ◴[17 Jun 25 21:05 UTC] No.44303941[source]▶
So many gems in here but this one about microservices is my favorite:

grug wonder why big brain take hardest problem, factoring system correctly, and introduce network call too

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npodbielski ◴[18 Jun 25 12:59 UTC] No.44309515[source]▶
I think mostly this is to brake down the system between teams. This is easier to manage this way. Nothing to do with technical decision - more the way of development. What is the alternative? Mono-repo? IMHO it is even worse.
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1. nothrabannosir ◴[19 Jun 25 00:12 UTC] No.44314353[source]▶
microservices and mono repo are not mutually exclusive. Monolith, is. Important distinction imo, Micro services in mono repo definitely works and ime is >>> multi repo.

Of course the best is mono repo and monolith :3

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2. npodbielski ◴[20 Jun 25 06:50 UTC] No.44325311[source]▶
I did not stated that they can be used together. I just meant that they are mainly, for me, work as a tool to allow multiple teams work on a single big project. So the tool is more for work organisation purpose not for architectural one.

If you prefer working on mono repo it s fine though I think micro services are more popular one now.

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3. nothrabannosir ◴[20 Jun 25 23:54 UTC] No.44333227[source]▶
Am I reading it wrong ? I understand both your original comment and this one to paint mono repo as an alternative to micro services. E.g.: “ What is the alternative [to micro services]? Mono-repo?” and “ If you prefer working on mono repo it s fine though I think micro services are more popular one now.” What I understand here is that “mono repo is an alternative to micro services”. Is that what you’re saying?

If so: mono repo is not an alternative to micro services. You can have both. You can have micro services in a mono repo. One single repository with many micro services. That is possible.

What is an alternative to micro services is “monolith”.

Curious how I’m misunderstanding this because I looked at it for a while and I really don’t see it.