Glossary term
What is Monolith? Meaning for developers
One application deployed as a single unit. Example: One Rails or Django app with one database.
Learn it properly · System DesignLesson 53: Monolith vs Microservices: An Honest ComparisonA five-person startup with 14 services, and a 300-engineer company with one two-hour deploy — both chose wrong. Monoliths, microservices and the modular monolith in between, how to find boundaries, how to migrate with the strangler fig, and the signals that tell you which fits.