Building That Glorious Monolith. And Carving It Too

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Argues for starting with a disciplined monolith that is feature-boxed by Domain-Driven Design, using per-feature schemas and separate DbContexts so each feature owns its data, mediated handlers and DTOs (via Mediator), and in-process domain events with outbound Azure Event Grid for integration. Gives a concrete pain point — a page dropping from ~1,200 SQL queries to ~5 after slimming DTOs — and shows carving a feature into a microservice is largely copy-paste of the feature, wiring network calls and moving integration events.

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1. 0:00🚀 Build Stuff Conference – Get Your Tickets!
2. 1:30Introduction to Glenn Henriksen & Monoliths vs. Microservices
3. 3:00Common Misconceptions about Microservices and Monoliths
4. 5:00Problems with Monoliths: Tight Coupling & Complexity
5. 8:00Using Smaller, Contained Boxes for Better Organization
6. 12:00Introduction to Domain-Driven Design (DDD) Principles
7. 15:00Designing Features in a Monolith Using DDD
8. 18:00How to Keep Features Self-Contained and Manageable
9. 23:00Using DTOS for Data Transfer and Maintaining Clean Boundaries
10. 28:00How to Control Complexity in a Growing Monolith
11. 33:00Scaling: When and Why to Consider Moving to Microservices
12. 36:00Overcoming Challenges: Database Isolation and Schema Management
13. 40:00Best Practices for Managing Changes and Refactoring in a Monolith
14. 44:00How to Carve Features Out of Your Monolith into Microservices
15. 49:00Final Thoughts: Starting with a Monolith and Transitioning to Microservices

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