Monolithic Architecture
Monolithic architecture packages all functionality into one deployable application sharing code and a database—simple but scaling-constrained.
Purpose
Understand the monolith-vs-microservices trade-off and choose the right architecture per stage.
Mechanism
All modules live in one codebase and deployment unit. Shared database and memory. Benefits: simple deployment and debugging, no network overhead, easy transactions. Drawbacks: huge codebase is hard to maintain, deploy as a whole, limited scaling.
Use cases
- Architecture choice
- System design
- Technical debt