The old works! (or the humble monolith)

Drawing an analogy from Netflix's The Eternaut—where an old car works after an EMP kills modern electronics—the author argues against the monolith vs. microservices debate. Instead of pursuing 'majestic monoliths,' teams should embrace 'humble monoliths': simpler systems with fewer moving parts suited to their actual constraints. The real enemy is architectural rigidity, not any particular pattern.