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		collyw on Aug 2, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is Amazon's cloud service too big to fail? This sounds like the microkernel / monolith debate. Except monoliths kind of won.

CaptSpify on Aug 2, 2017 [–]

It depends on what you want to optimize for. micro is good for some things, mono is good for other things. Neither is inherently "better", it just depends on your goal

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