Microfrontends should be your last resort

Tech does indeed have its trends and microfrontends are a current one. This is a balanced article that suggests that you should make sure you are ready for this pattern before you dive into it.

Microfrontends are very popular on the conference circuit, so I am probably about to make future job interviews awkward by criticisng them. But I’m seeing enough teams adopt MFEs at the wrong time to feel concerned about the hype. My objections boil down to three core complaints

1. A monolith distributed over separate parts is a world of pain
2. You need to refactor before you can split, but splitting first looks easier
3. MFEs can be a form of rewrite fever

Understanding the prerequisites for technologies is something we often forget about.