The Craftsmanship of Software Engineering - Why We Should Objectify Tools, Not Debates
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The debates from 2015 are back.
Microservices v/s Monolith.
Server v/s serverless.
Stateless v/s Stateful
No-SQL v/s SQL
Screwdriver v/s Hammer
Bread v/s Cake
These arguments have become the equivalent of a wrestling match in the software engineering world, where the last man standing gets the privilege to write code his way. And, of course, we all know that the only way to code is their way, right?
While we're engrossed in these seemingly infinite debates, guess what we're not doing? You've nailed it. We're not paying attention to the real craftsmanship of software engineering. Who cares about creating effective, sustainable, and scalable software solutions when we can spend our time arguing about whether or not to use microservices?