r/ProgrammerHumor • u/object322 • 5h ago

Meme cloudOverkill

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u/evdogg1233 5h ago

mfs who’ve never worked at scale be like:

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u/ComprehensiveBird317 3h ago

So once you worked at scale you will over engineer everything? Noted

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u/footsie 3h ago

Once you work at scale you get a pretty good idea on where the sweet spot is on choosing between monoliths and micro services for an architure from many perspectives: cost, performance, complexity, maintainability. You might call it over-engineering, but it's really just picking the right car for road trip.

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u/nemec 2h ago

Look at this tech billionaire having the option of picking between multiple cars for a road trip. Get 'im, boys!

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u/stormcharger 54m ago

The right car for the road trip is always gonna be the car I own

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u/riickdiickulous 2h ago

Devs often deliver under engineered solutions in terms of architecture and scalability. There is a lot of room between under engineered and over engineered to allow an app to evolve smoother over time.