Live Coding The Hive: Building a Microservices-Ready Modular Monolith

After years of wrestling with microservices that quietly mutate into nasty distributed monoliths, it’s time to rethink our approach. A modular monolith offers the best of both worlds—clear boundaries without the endless network calls—if you can actually split it right without ending up with a rigid, tightly coupled mess.

Enter the Hive architecture style: design your software once, then choose whether to ship it as a monolith or break it into microservices whenever you’re ready. With the “Build once, Deploy as you wish” mantra, Hive keeps your system supple, scalable, and future-proof—perfect for both legacy apps and greenfield projects.

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