AI challenges the classic advice to "start with a monolith"
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A discussion article argues that the long-standing engineering advice to "start with a monolith" is being challenged by AI. The article analyzes AI's impact on software architecture choices but gives no specific models, parameters, or benchmark data. The article does not explain how exactly AI changes architecture decisions, nor does it provide verifiable cases or performance data.
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- Hacker News AI"Start with a Monolith" Was Good Advice. AI Is Changing That
A Medium post from Scalar Engineering's "Architecture in the AI Era" series (Part 1) revisits the common advice to start with a monolith and argues that AI is changing that calculus. The submission links to the article and its Hacker News discussion thread.
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