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I think one mistake is using the term “monolithic” in comparison to “microservices”. To a whole new generation of programmers (and a fair proportion of older on

I think one mistake is using the term “monolithic” in comparison to “microservices”. To a whole new generation of programmers (and a fair proportion of older ones also) it has a negative meaning somewhere approaching “a huge and growing mess of smelly unstructured, non-modular code”. It is a negative term invented to compare against the glory that be “microservices”. I prefer to use the term “Local Modular Application” in lieu of anything better?

zirobi 5y ago
What about just "service" or "web service"?
lolinder 5y ago
To some extent I think "monolith" is actually changing connotation as people realize that microservices are not a silver bullet. For example, Shopify calls their system a "modular monolith": https://shopify.engineering/deconstructing-monolith-designing-software-maximizes-developer-productivity https://shopify.engineering/deconstructing-monolith-designin...