I don't doubt that the mechanisms, if used properly, are capable. My point is that the culture that tends to grow up around monorepos is one where those mechani

I don't doubt that the mechanisms, if used properly, are capable. My point is that the culture that tends to grow up around monorepos is one where those mechanisms aren't used properly. > If you aren't going to use those gatekeeping mechanisms in a mono repo I doubt that the quality of your separate repo codebases are going to be any better Those are pretty different competencies right? Getting the monorepo in good shape requires a broad understanding of what is where and who is who (and the participation of your neighbors). Making your repo a nice place for visitors to contribute to... you can learn to to that by emulating repos found anywhere.