From multiple apps to Monolith

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Consolidates five Ruby on Rails applications into a single monolith by migrating shared job-board features while retaining legacy SOAP and FTP adapters and many site-specific exceptions. Uses Rails 6 multiple-database support to host separate data sources in one app, rewrites ad-serving and messaging pipelines, reconciles duplicated logic and schemas across sites, and reduces deployment and hosting overhead to simplify feature rollout and maintenance.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:14Business needs
3. 5:39Multiple apps challenges
4. 11:43Consistency complexity
5. 16:35Company-specific struggles
6. 19:49Switch to monolith
7. 23:09Implementation results
8. 26:08Summary

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