We took one application
that worked
and shattered it into forty
that mostly don’t,
gave each one a database,
a backlog, and
many a deeply held opinion.
Now changing a button
is a high-stakes negotiation
across six teams,
two time zones,
twelve product managers,
and a Slack channel
everyone muted in 2022.
We did this to feel modern.
We did this because
conference talks
made us feel small.
We did this because
a diagram with more arrows
looks a lot
like progress.
Then the AI arrived,
and read the entire monolith
in one calm breath.
It looked at our
burning service catalogue,
and asked:
“Why?”
So now we’re going back.
To the big boring thing
that worked.
A decade of distributed systems,
event buses and
service meshes.
Only to discover
the optimal number of applications
was one.
We arrived exactly
where we started.
But tired.
P.S. Not sure why the raccoon thinks having one app will remove time zones and meetings. Enjoy the cursed whiteboard words. You’re welcome.
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