Small teams copying Netflix micro

Short summary

Small teams copying Netflix-style microservices make expensive mistakes. Microservices solve organizational scaling (Netflix has 100K+ engineers) not technical needs (most startups have <500 users). The hidden costs are brutal: DevOps complexity, distributed system failures, data consistency issues, slower deployments, and cognitive load. Better approach: start with a modular monolith using Postgres and only extract services when you hit real performance bottlenecks.

• •Microservices solve Netflix's organizational problem (100K+ engineers), not your technical one
• •Hidden costs: DevOps burden, distributed system failures, data consistency, slower shipping
• •Start with modular monolith, extract services only when bottlenecked

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