Gary Bernhardt: AI 'factories' repeat the microservices over-engineering mistake
sergeykarayev · x · 2026-10-08
Gary Bernhardt points to a perpetual problem: the more visible activity there is, the more impressive the work looks. Ten years ago, teams built unnecessary distributed systems with more microservices than developers when a simple monolith would do. He argues the current hype around AI agent "factories" is the same pattern repeating — impressive-looking busywork over genuine engineering simplicity.
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