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throw123fgbkjgftoday at 2:05 AM1 replyview on HN

Pretty sure Uber ended up with thousands of microservices because they used to tie owning a service to perf and promo, and were trying to cut down the number for years. It's hilarious to see this interpreted as an intentional choice.


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the_sleaze_today at 3:12 AM

used to work for a company and this is exactly what happened, each team lead pushed for their own little secret garden and fight over who had to add new things. Managing the kafka instance(s) to keep order turned into 2 people's full time jobs. They sold at absolute fire sale price not long ago