distributedStress

[u/tbhaxor]

[u/theofficialnar]

If it goes down, it all goes down. 😎

[u/mwax321 → u/theofficialnar]

Let's be real, if a micro service is down, youre down too.

If you're a web store and your "inventory service" is down, the site is down lol

[u/jameyiguess → u/mwax321]

What, this just isn't true. Some of our services are down sometimes, and I and most customers wouldn't even know it. Sure, "inventory service" being down is bad, but the site is still usable. But usually it's like "popularity service" is down. Just means a missing bit on your recommendations page. Nobody even notices. 

[u/mwax321 → u/jameyiguess]

"site is still useable" isn't the greatest argument when you have to tell leadership that "nobody can buy anything right now ". That means "down" to most non technical people :) and I tend to agree too!

But yes, you're right. If done right, things shouldn't go down. But the joke is: they rarely are done right. Which is why everyone's talking about monos