Ask HN: Converted a monolith to microservices? Did you quantify the savings?
I was talking to a friend of mine who is a grad student and is working on a thesis about microservices. She asked me if I ever quantified the savings gained by going from monolith to microservices.
And I realized, I never had. I just assumed it would be better because it would allow for quicker deployments and smaller surfaces for bug triage.
And there are a ton of articles that talk about how microservices save you money over a monolith, but none include hard numbers. And I suspect a lot of companies made the move simply based on these articles.
So my question is, has anyone ever quantified the savings (or costs!) of using microservices vs a monolith?
And I realized, I never had. I just assumed it would be better because it would allow for quicker deployments and smaller surfaces for bug triage.
And there are a ton of articles that talk about how microservices save you money over a monolith, but none include hard numbers. And I suspect a lot of companies made the move simply based on these articles.
So my question is, has anyone ever quantified the savings (or costs!) of using microservices vs a monolith?