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Architecture · 2012–2023

Microservices Everywhere

Costly fad

Independent deployability as religion. Correct for some; ruinous cargo-cult for most. Consolidation and monolith return are the 2020s epilogue.

Stickiness Mostly fad

Cost index 5/5

Architecture · 1970–now

Modular monolith

Stuck

One deployable with clear boundaries. The unfashionable default that keeps shipping while microservices argue about ownership.

Stickiness Durable

Timeline overlap

1968 2028

■ Microservices Everywhere ■ Modular monolith

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