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Google cosplay is not business-critical (programming.dev)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Transcription: a Twitter thread from Gary Bernhardt.

You, the one who is reading this! You don't need Kubernetes!
Also microservices.
Also queues that are separate from your primary database (for most apps).
Google cosplay is not business-critical.

Source: https://twitter.com/garybernhardt/status/1344341213575483399

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago

Honestly this just sounds like periodically refactoring everything to remove cruft can be a good thing. Also, it helps you understand how the existing code works if you change it and not break everything.