Why did Uber build thousands of microservices? No better person to answer than Uber's first CTO, Thuan Pham. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 05:32 Getting into tech 16:09 The dot-com bust 20:42 VMware 26:29 Getting hired by Travis at Uber 33:22 Early days at Uber and scaling challenges 40:57 Uber’s China launch 47:12 The platform and program split 50:26 From monolith to microservices 53:38 Internal tools at Uber 57:05 Helix: Uber’s mobile app rewrite 59:55 Thuan’s email about naming 1:02:03 Org…