Monolith vs Microservices — Roadmap Step & Resources
Trade-offs between a single deployable unit and many independently deployable services
- Level: advanced
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: System Design
Interview questions
- What problems do microservices solve, and what new problems do they introduce?
Study resources
- What is a MICROSERVICE ARCHITECTURE and what are its advantages? (Video) — Gaurav Sen's widely-watched explanation of microservices vs monolithic architecture.
- Microservices (Article) — Martin Fowler's foundational, widely-cited article defining the microservices architectural style.
Part of
- Architectural Patterns — section
- System Design roadmap — the full learning path