Architects Memes

The eternal struggle of software architects: sweating profusely while staring at two buttons that represent opposing architectural philosophies. One promises the trendy complexity of microservices everywhere, the other suggests keeping things simple. Meanwhile, their finger hovers over the microservices button as if drawn by some mysterious force that compels them to overcomplicate everything. Nothing says "enterprise solution" quite like turning a simple CRUD app into 47 independently deployable services that require their own dedicated SRE team.