Chapter III: Architecture & Communication
Monoliths & Microservices
A single deployable unit vs. independently deployable, loosely coupled services.
In short
A monolith is one deployable unit; microservices are many small, independently deployable services.
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Key takeaways
- Monolith = simple early; microservices = scalable but distributed.
- Each microservice owns its own data and deploys independently.