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The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Segment's transition back to a monorepo (Interview)
Aug 29, 2018
01:02:26
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"The Changelog" podcast features Calvin French-Owen, Co-founder and CTO of Segment, along with Alex Noonan, a Software Engineer at Segment. They discuss their transition from a monorepo to microservices and back to a monorepo, highlighting the challenges faced and the benefits of the single service approach. They explore topics such as managing numerous microservices, scaling infrastructure, performance issues, and the design and implementation process of their single service called centrifuge. The speakers emphasize the importance of finding the right fit for your infrastructure and team when considering microservices.
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- Segment transitioned from a monorepo to microservices and back to a monorepo to solve performance issues and improve scalability.
- Segment developed Centrifuge, a system that replaced individual queues with virtualized queues per customer per destination, leading to better data delivery insight and improved performance.
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