Whenever someone on the projects, I’m attached to tries to create a new service, first I asked them what data it works with, and then I ask them what the alternative to making this a service would be. Usually, by the time we start answering the second question, they realize that, actually, adding the service is just more work.

To me, what’s amazing is that in almost no organization is there a requirement to justify technically the addition of a new service, despite the cost and administrative and cognitive overhead of doing so.