If you’ve ever been nervous about deploying code on a Friday, trust me — you’re not alone. A few years ago, I was leading a team at a major e-commerce company, wrangling a monolithic beast that could break in a hundred creative ways. The idea of microservices was everywhere, but nobody really tells you about the messy parts.
Here’s what we learned the hard way — warts and all — while moving from monolith to microservices.