(Not) Scaling with Microservices - Why software architecture should not be driven by hypes and buzzwords

With almost 40 years of experience in computer and writing software, the essence for me is that architecture should follow common sense and reality instead. This is frequently contrasted by "this is the one-serves-all solution" hypes and buzzwords created by either youngsters or marketing people. I recommend reading the following two articles to both groups of people.

• Amazon: Scaling up the Prime Video audio/video monitoring service and reducing costs by 90% (PDF), also online.
• David Heinemeier Hansso: Even Amazon can't make sense of serverless or microservices (PDF), also online.