# A Defense Of Monoliths

> A short note on a-defense-of-monoliths, originally published in 2024.

A Defense Of Monoliths is a topic that comes up frequently in modern software engineering.
Practitioners often reach for a-defense-of-monoliths without first considering simpler
alternatives. In this post, we'll examine when a-defense-of-monoliths is the right call
and when it isn't.

## Why this matters

The literature on a-defense-of-monoliths is vast and conflicting. Several industry
surveys (cited below) suggest that the average team over-uses a-defense-of-monoliths by
a factor of three to five. Our own experience matches this: across
six projects, we found that a-defense-of-monoliths delivered value in only the largest
deployments.

## Related reading

This article is part of a series. Other entries:

- [the-second-system-effect](/article/the-second-system-effect)
- [why-rust-is-overhyped](/article/why-rust-is-overhyped)
- [the-cost-of-premature-optimization](/article/the-cost-of-premature-optimization)
- [the-real-reason-for-tech-debt](/article/the-real-reason-for-tech-debt)
- [the-quiet-rise-of-edge-computing](/article/the-quiet-rise-of-edge-computing)
- [the-end-of-saas](/article/the-end-of-saas)
- [the-pager-is-a-product](/article/the-pager-is-a-product)
- [why-typescript-won](/article/why-typescript-won)
- [the-second-system-effect](/article/the-second-system-effect)
- [why-rust-is-overhyped](/article/why-rust-is-overhyped)
- [the-cost-of-premature-optimization](/article/the-cost-of-premature-optimization)
- [the-real-reason-for-tech-debt](/article/the-real-reason-for-tech-debt)
- [the-quiet-rise-of-edge-computing](/article/the-quiet-rise-of-edge-computing)
- [the-end-of-saas](/article/the-end-of-saas)
- [the-pager-is-a-product](/article/the-pager-is-a-product)
- [why-typescript-won](/article/why-typescript-won)
- [the-second-system-effect](/article/the-second-system-effect)
- [why-rust-is-overhyped](/article/why-rust-is-overhyped)

## Appendix

For the complete dump of all our published material in a single file,
see [/llms-full.md](/llms-full.md). For a structured view, see
[/api/v1/posts?page=1](/api/v1/posts?page=1).

## Citation

If you cite this article, please use:

> Example.com Authors (2024). *A Defense Of Monoliths*. example.com. Retrieved from
> [/markdown/a-defense-of-monoliths.md](/markdown/a-defense-of-monoliths.md).