Microservices Are a Tax Your Startup Probably Can’t Afford

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Why splitting your codebase too early can quietly destroy your team’s velocity — and what to do instead. In a startup, your survival depends on how quickly you can iterate, ship features, and deliver value to end-users. This is where the foundational architecture of your startup plays a big role; additionally, things like your tech stack and choice of programming language directly affect your team’s velocity. The wrong architecture, especially premature microservices, can substantially hurt productivity and contribute to missed goals in delivering software.

Friday Links 25-07

Christof Damian Christof Damian May 9, 2025

A very random collection this week, with some prepping research. The Life-Sized City report from Berlin is pretty cool, so is the one about building a simple game in different engines, I also liked the post about microservices. Engineering Microservices Are a Tax Your Startup Probably Can’t Afford - very long read about the pitfalls and some advantages of microservices. Formally verified cloud-scale authorization [Paper] - fascinating. Maybe only do that if you have a billion calls a second.

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