Implement Microservices Now 95% of backends deal with less than 100 requests per second. 80% of what they do is CRUD. So, let’s build distributed systems. You Need Horizontal Scaling SQLite can do millions of inserts per second. Popular Javascript (yes, Javascript) frameworks can handle at least 10,000 requests per second. That’s why we need horizontal scaling via microservices. More Complexity Is Just More Fun Have you ever been bored at work working with the same old technology?