Distributed Monolith
Distributed Monoliths are the worst. Nothing good comes from distributed monoliths. No one wants to have distributed monoliths, and still, they are very common in the industry. Complexity just gets bigger, our industry just gets more and more entangled. Complexity has everything to do with distributed monoliths. Distributed Monoliths are very complex, much more than monoliths. How can you avoid a trap? By definition, the only way is not to follow into the trap. Understanding the trap is how you can avoid it. However, some traps cannot be avoided because there are bigger forces like acquisitions, pandemics, economic downturns, wars, or time. Time can easily be the biggest trap of all. We need to learn how to work effectively with monoliths and distributed monoliths because they are to stay and we can't ignore them. Fishing monoliths is a long-turn battle, that requires persistence, patience, and allies. Let's start by understanding monoliths and Distributed Monoliths a bit more.