Devnexus 2022 - The Not So Subtle Price of Microservices - Freddy Guime

This talk delves into the complexities of microservices, illustrating that their benefits are not as clear-cut as they may seem. The speaker discusses essential tradeoffs, including uptime percentage, managing complexity, and network wire performance, experienced when scaling microservices. Drawing from his work at Expedia, the speaker shares insights on consolidating five microservices into one, achieving a significant reduction in latency by 12 seconds. Freddy Guime, a Principal Developer with a strong focus on performance and usability, brings his expertise in rendering solutions to the discussion of balancing high-throughput with user-friendly software.