Depending on the problem, choose the right tools. For example so far everything I've seen about React and GraphQL tells me that maybe GQL isn't necessarily the best solution for a 5-person team, but a 100 person team may have a hard time living without it.
Kubernates / Docker is significant work. And when we had 4 developers making that effort was wasteful and we literally didn't have the time. Now at 20 we're much more staffed and the things Kubernates / Docker solves is useful.
Meanwhile we have a single PostgreSQL server. No nosql caching layer. We're at a point where we aren't sure how far we gotta go before we hit limits of a PSQL server, but at least 3-4 years before we hit it.
Point is look at the tools. See where these tools win it for you. Don't just blindly pick because it can scale super well. Pick it because it gives you things you need and a simplicity you need for the current and near-term context, and have a long-term strategy how to move away from it when it is no longer useful.
Depending on the problem, choose the right tools. For example so far everything I've seen about React and GraphQL tells me that maybe GQL isn't necessarily the best solution for a 5-person team, but a 100 person team may have a hard time living without it.
Kubernates / Docker is significant work. And when we had 4 developers making that effort was wasteful and we literally didn't have the time. Now at 20 we're much more staffed and the things Kubernates / Docker solves is useful.
Meanwhile we have a single PostgreSQL server. No nosql caching layer. We're at a point where we aren't sure how far we gotta go before we hit limits of a PSQL server, but at least 3-4 years before we hit it.
Point is look at the tools. See where these tools win it for you. Don't just blindly pick because it can scale super well. Pick it because it gives you things you need and a simplicity you need for the current and near-term context, and have a long-term strategy how to move away from it when it is no longer useful.