Life in the Singularity

Life in the Singularity

Monolithic Architecture Dominance in the Age of AI

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Matt McDonagh
Dec 13, 2025
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For ten years, you have been sold a lie. You were told that fragmentation was a virtue. You were told that decoupling your logic into tiny, isolated boxes was the only way to scale.

You were told that the Monolith was a dinosaur. A relic of a bygone age, destined for extinction.

They were wrong.

While you were busy slicing your application into nanoservic…

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