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Do you have one team or many teams?
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+-- One team -> Prefer monolith: faster iteration, simpler ops.
+-- Many teams -> Microservices may reduce team friction.

Is your main bottleneck scaling traffic or scaling people?
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+-- Traffic -> Monolith often wins (fewer network hops).
+-- People -> Microservices may help (team autonomy).

How Netflix Accidentally Proved Monoliths Scale Better Than Microservices

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Yash Batra

Sep 28, 2025

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Developer, Value Stream Architect, and DevOps insurgent working for Defense Unicorns who optimizes for sleep. All opinions are my own. https://bryanfinster.com

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