Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering The monolith vs microservices debate
Apr 16, 2020
01:09:25
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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