Why do most projects start as a monolith?
Because it is simpler to build, deploy, and maintain. Most projects do not have the scale or team size to justify microservices. A well-structured monolith can be split later if needed.
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When you have a small team, a new product with unclear requirements, need to ship fast, or no dedicated DevOps. For most projects, a monolith is the right starting point.
When you have multiple teams, parts of the app scale differently, you need independent deployments, or the monolith has become unmaintainable. The cost is real, so only use them when the payoff is real.
Yes, if you keep modules decoupled. Each feature should have its own routes, controllers, models, and services. Avoid cross-module database queries and treat other modules as black boxes.
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