Re:Monorepo – Our Experience
by eikenberry on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @06:32PM
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It's not about enforcement, it's about encouragement and path of least resistance. In monorepos the path of least resistance is tight coupling (unless discouraged in other ways). In 'microrepros' (?) there is added resistance to tight coupling as was presented in the article. This encourages people down the correct path but cannot enforce it (again, as was presented in the article).
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Re:Monorepo – Our Experience
by MajimasEyepatch on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @09:25PM
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It leads people down a different path, but that's not necessarily the correct path. For example, between the lack of discoverability of separate repos and the hurdle of modifying multiple separate repos, teams might be tempted to duplicate functionality and data instead of figuring out the appropriate relationships between services. Some amount of coupling is normal and reasonable. There are ways to manage it well.