Microservices vs. Code

Microservices: Software that Fits in Your Head @ Info

"Dan North describes a model for thinking about the age of code and argues for replaceability as a first class concern. He also discovers that by optimizing for both replace-ability and consistency one can end up with something that looks a lot like microservices."slides: Microservices: software that fits in your head // Speaker Deck

"What is the goal of software development?

To sustainability minimize lead time to (positive) business impact.

The goal is not to produce software!

...

Code is not the asset…

- writing code costs 

- waiting for code costs 

- changing code costs 

- understanding code costs

Code is the cost!

...

Microservices can be a 

Replaceable Component 

Architecture

- if you choose to optimize for 

replace-ability and consistency 

- smaller is not necessarily better 

- more replaceable is better

text of slides: Microservices: software that fits in your head - SSSSLIDE

book: Software, Faster by Dan North [Leanpub PDF/iPad/Kindle]

Microservices @ MartinFowler


book: Building Microservices - O'Reilly Media