Yes, when the system is down, it's really bad. Though it's an extremely reliable system as so many folks depend on it (note there's also lots of layers of tooli

Yes, when the system is down, it's really bad. Though it's an extremely reliable system as so many folks depend on it (note there's also lots of layers of tooling, so maybe you just need commits to work versus code review versus your local edits, etc.). In my experience, the worst things are actually when the build/test system is running slowly (thus blocking commits until tests are complete) or the bog standard "ugh, someone decided to force submit even though it said the tests were failing. Roll that back, please". As for separation of concerns, there's actually a lot of scoping / visibility stuff precisely to avoid letting people depend on things they shouldn't. I think you now have to explicitly open up your visibility to let random other projects depend on you. A monorepo doesn't require that you share, it just permits it.