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Why the ZIRP era ruined Software Architecture


The era of bloated micro-services and devops nightmares is over. If your teams and architecture isn't lean, agile, and leveraging the latest tools, you're already behind. The end of the Zero Interest-Rate Policy (ZIRP) era has brought profound changes across various industries, and system architecture is no exception. During the ZIRP era, the abundance of capital led to an environment where software development practices were often bloated and inefficient. As we transition into a new economic reality, there's a clear shift toward more streamlined and efficient architectural practices.

The end of the Zero Interest-Rate Policy (ZIRP) era has brought profound changes across various industries, and system architecture is no exception. While micro-services promised modularity, they also brought about a significant amount of boilerplate code, complex setups, and an over-reliance on queueing and pub-sub architectures. DevOps Complexity: The intricate architecture resulted in a proliferation of infrastructure as code and complicated cloud setups.

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