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> Instead I’ll just query the DB directly from the user profile controller. Repeat this over a few years and a monolith can be a nightmare.

I've seen this, a rat's nest of module dependencies, poorly thought-out module/library use, and a lack of ownership and direction around shared bits.

Monorepos also make dangerous things like breaking api changes look easy, or maybe hide them altogether.

Hard problems around ownership, dependency management, and api versions are hard in polyrepos, and I think I'm OK with this. It makes you be more thoughtful.




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