Summary
Traditional thinking divides development strategies into two streams: new software initiatives that are well-suited for cloud-native architectures, and older legacy systems considered for updates. This paradigm inevitably leads to discussions that pit monoliths versus microservices. This is a false dichotomy because these approaches exist on a spectrum rather than a binary fork in the road. This report examines the characteristics of these two prominent patterns and prescribes when to use them.
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