Monolith to Microservices migration
The Monolith Reality Check Let's be honest – your monolith wasn't supposed to become a monolith. It started as a beautiful, simple application with clear boundaries and good intentions. Then came the feature requests, the quick fixes, the "just add it here for now" decisions, and suddenly you're staring at a 500,000-line codebase where changing the login screen somehow breaks the billing system. It's like a house where every room has been renovated so many times that turning on the kitchen light dims the bedroom fan. You know it needs work, but where do you even start with the sledgehammer? Why Break Up? (And Why Not) The promise of microservices is intoxicating: independent deployments, technology diversity, better fault isolation, and teams that can move at their own pace. It's the software equivalent of moving from a cramped studio apartment to a spacious house where everyone has their own room. But here's the uncomfortable truth – microservices ...