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SkillArea overview
Reference · liveskill-area:monolith-vs-microservices
Monolith vs Microservices Tradeoffs overview
Choosing decomposition styles — modular monolith, service boundaries, deployment topology, and Conway's Law effects.
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Monolith vs Microservices Tradeoffs
description
Choosing decomposition styles — modular monolith, service
boundaries, deployment topology, and Conway's Law effects.
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- intermediate
- expert
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- specialization:software-architecture·Specialization
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- lib-agent:software-architecture--tech-stack-evaluator·LibraryAgenttech-stack-evaluator
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- role:tech-lead·RoleTech Lead
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- stack-profile:grpc-microservice-mesh·StackProfilegRPC Microservice Mesh Stack (Go, gRPC, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Prometheus)
- stack-profile:modular-monolith·StackProfileModular Monolith (TypeScript, NestJS, Prisma, PostgreSQL, BullMQ, Docker)
- workflow:dependency-graph-audit·WorkflowDependency Graph Audit
- workflow:microservice-decomposition·WorkflowMicroservice Decomposition
- workflow:technology-radar-curation·WorkflowTechnology Radar Curation
- workflow:technology-risk-assessment·WorkflowTechnology Risk Assessment