The monolith vs microservices debate

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

What is a microservice, and what is a monolith? What differentiates them? When is a good time for your team to start considering the transition from monolith to microservice? And does using microservices mean you can’t use a monorepo?

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Featuring:

• Tom Wilkie – GitHub, X
• Matt Heath – Website, GitHub, X
• Mat Ryer – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Jaana Dogan – Website, GitHub, X

Show Notes:

• Jsonnet - A data templating language for app and tool developers.
• Monzo - Where Matt works with 1600+ microservices.
• Grafana Labs - Where Tom works.
• Prometheus - Open Source monitoring software Tom contributes to.

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