> The amount of tooling required to enforce dependency upgrades, code styles, security checks, etc across many repos is significantly less than the amount of to

> The amount of tooling required to enforce dependency upgrades, code styles, security checks, etc across many repos is significantly less than the amount of tooling required to successfully use a monorepo. This is completely false. You only need extra tooling on monorepo for gigantic scale. For 90% or maybe even 99% of companies out there using version control, plain git and a "bunch of folders" is all you need, honest to god. This way you can reap most benefits and very few downsides. Detecting changes in folders is pretty easy, as most CIs/CDs have it built-in. Ff not it's easier to program a script than setup multirepo tooling.