When I started out, I fell for the hype: I thought microservices were the only modern way to build apps.
After building a modular monolith and a fully distributed microservices platform (TicketFlow), I learned the hard way that you are trading code complexity for operational complexity.
If you aren't ready to manage API gateways, distributed tracing, and complex Kubernetes pipelines, a monolith is going to make you much happier.
I wrote a full breakdown comparing local development, deployment, scaling, and the exact directory structures of my real-world projects.
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