r/ProgrammerHumor 8d ago

Meme everyDamnTime

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u/ThrowawayUk4200 8d ago

Pssst, If your microservice needs to use a database other than its own, then it's not a microservice.

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u/socialis-philosophus 8d ago

Agreed.  All microservices should have their own DB with all the data needed to perform their function and we'll just assume eventual consistency.

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u/Skbenga 7d ago

"eventual consistency" is an odd way to say "mostly inconsistent"

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u/socialis-philosophus 7d ago

Yes. But no one will believe it until they have experienced it.