There and back again monolith vs microservices by Zoran Horvat [INIT 2022]

Any mention of monolithic applications would raise an eyebrow or two today - and with a good reason. Our accumulated experience is teaching us that monolithic applications bring many issues, not least important them being hard to maintain. On the other end of the specter we find microservices, the preferred design in the eyes of many. And there are myriads of designs and architectures in between these two extremes. Who's right there? In this presentation, we will analyze common design problems, starting from monolithic designs, paying extra attention to pathological coupling, violating transactional consistency and unclear data ownership. By the end of this presentation, you will learn that, from the perspective of design, there is no substantial difference between multitier design which resembles a monolith and microservices - assuming each of them is done right. And more, you will learn that a proper, maintainable monolith can easily be morphed into microservices, and vice versa.

About the speaker:
Zoran is a principal consultant at Coding Helmet Consultancy, speaker and author of 100+ articles, and independent trainer on .NET technology stack. He can often be found speaking at conferences and user groups, promoting object-oriented development style and clean coding practices and techniques that improve longevity of complex business applications.

Transcript

1. There and Back Again of
   Software Architecture
   – Monoliths vs. Microservices –
   Zoran Horvat
   CEO at Coding Helmet
   http://codinghelmet.com
   @zoranh75
   

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2. Courses at Pluralsight
   https://codinghelmet.com/go/pluralsight
   Courses at Udemy / Udemy for Business
   https://codinghelmet.com/go/udemy
   YouTube videos
   https://codinghelmet.com/go/practical-design-series
   

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3. “Early civilizations
   had no concept of zero”
   

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4. Scott Adams
   “Dilbert”
   

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5. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-physics/chapter/projectile-motion/
   

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6. “The fundamental
   interconnectedness
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12. Big ball of mud
    

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13. “Manuscripts don’t burn”
    

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33. “There and back again”
    

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52. Credits
    (in order of appearance)
    Scott Raymond Adams (1957 - )
    Douglas Noel Adams (1952 – 2001)
    Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (1917 – 2008)
    Михаи́л Афана́сьевич Булга́ков (1891 – 1940)
    John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892 – 1973)
    

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