A dictionary of modern lifeOriginal definitions · Illustrated satire
Lucifer’s Lexicon

Modern life, properly defined.

From the dictionary

MICROSERVICE

n.A small application distinguished by requiring a network call to perform what was once a function.

A hand-drawn satirical comic showing Lucifer presenting a simple machine divided into many service booths while an engineer carries one request through a maze of network toll gates.
The illustrated dictionary MICROSERVICE
A connected train of thought

  1. Software Engineering

    API n.

    A contract between systems, revised whenever either party feels sufficiently confident.

  2. Cloud & Infrastructure

    KUBERNETES n.

    A system for arranging containers so that nobody knows where the application is.

  3. Cloud & Infrastructure

    KAFKA n.

    A system for ensuring that no event is truly lost, merely waiting somewhere you have not yet inspected.

  4. Software Engineering

    TEST COVERAGE n.

    A percentage frequently mistaken for confidence.