With all the talk about microservices, containers, and Kubernetes, it's tempting to jump on the bandwagon, whether you actually need them or not.

In this talk, we'll look at a real-world example of scaling back an overly complicated microservices architecture in an e-commerce solution for a European industry leader. Microservices were overkill for the needs of both the company and its technical organization. We'll explore the reverse approach, starting as simply as possible and adding complexity only when needed.

We'll go through some practical guidelines, step by step, to help you decide when it's time to introduce more complexity. You might eventually end up with a microservices architecture, but that's rarely the most balanced starting point.