# Are Microservices a Bad Idea?

> Even Amazon's SOA team admits that microservices and serverless have problems. The Prime Video team switched to a monolith, saving 90% in operational costs.

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> Author: **DHH** (David Heinemeier Hansson) | Original: [Even Amazon can't make sense of serverless or microservices](https://world.hey.com/dhh/even-amazon-can-t-make-sense-of-serverless-or-microservices-59625580)

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Even Amazon's SOA paradigm team admits microservices and Serverless have problems. Prime Video team switched to monolith, saving 90% operational costs. [**Read more**](https://vonng.com/cn/db/microservice-bad-idea/)