Best of MonolithJuly 2022

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    Avatar of freecodecampfreeCodeCamp·4y

    The Software Architecture Handbook

    In this article we'll talk about what architecture is within the software world, some of the main concepts to know about it. For each topic I'll give a brief and superficial introduction and code/pseudo-code examples. The most commonly used are REST, SOAP and GraphQl. Most often the HTTP protocol is used. But other protocols and content formats are perfectly possible.

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    Avatar of semaphoreSemaphore·4y

    When Microservices Are a Bad Idea

    Migrating from a monolith to microservices is not a simple task, and creating an untested product as a new microservice is even more complicated. A common reason developers want to avoid monoliths is their proclivity to deteriorate into a tangle of code.

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    Why we're sticking with Ruby on Rails

    When David Heinemeier Hansson created Ruby on Rails he was guided by his experience with both PHP and Java. With its solid, metaprogrammable Smalltalk heritage and good Unix integration, Ruby proved to be the perfect vehicle for DHH to fill that desirable bottom right corner of the table.