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Everything filed under design design Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under infrastructure infrastructure Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under taste taste Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Build a new application as a monolith first, even when you are confident it will eventually need microservices. Build a new application as a monolithfirst, even when you are confident it willeventually need microservices. Last stated 11 years ago 3 Jun 2015 MF Martin Fowler — holds since 2015-06-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Successful microservice systems almost always began as a monolith that grew too big, and systems built as microservices from scratch end up in serious trouble. — tap to centre the map on it Successful microservice systemsalmost always began as a monoliththat grew too big, and systems builtas microservices from scratch end upin serious trouble. Last stated 11 years ago 3 Jun 2015 MF Martin Fowler — holds since 2015-06-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Local-first software will not become the dominant architecture, and that is an acceptable outcome. — tap to centre the map on it Local-first software will not becomethe dominant architecture, and thatis an acceptable outcome. Last stated 9 months ago 15 Jan 2026 NP Nikita Prokopov — holds since 2026-01-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building software products API-first, with near-parity between UI and API capabilities, is a smart strategic move today. — tap to centre the map on it Building software productsAPI-first, with near-parity betweenUI and API capabilities, is a smartstrategic move today. Last stated 7 months ago 13 Mar 2026 AK Arvid Kahl — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company on a monolith cannot use AI on it: no model in the next eighteen months will hold that codebase, so the monolith has to be broken up or rewritten. — tap to centre the map on it A company on a monolith cannot useAI on it: no model in the nexteighteen months will hold thatcodebase, so the monolith has to bebroken up or rewritten. Last stated 7 months ago 11 Mar 2026 SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Even at top-100 traffic levels most applications can be served by a simple monolith, and it is cheaper to build than a complex architecture. — tap to centre the map on it Even at top-100 traffic levels mostapplications can be served by asimple monolith, and it is cheaperto build than a complexarchitecture. Last stated 5 years ago 6 Apr 2022 DL Dan Luu — holds since 2022-04-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Infrastructure optimised for a single model is one architectural breakthrough away from being worthless. — tap to centre the map on it Infrastructure optimised for asingle model is one architecturalbreakthrough away from beingworthless. Last stated 11 months ago 12 Nov 2025 SN Satya Nadella — holds since 2025-11-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Service boundaries cannot be got right at the start, and moving functionality between services is far harder than moving it inside a monolith. — tap to centre the map on it Service boundaries cannot be gotright at the start, and movingfunctionality between services isfar harder than moving it inside amonolith. Last stated 11 years ago 3 Jun 2015 MF Martin Fowler — holds since 2015-06-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: You need to build early with AI to have any intuition for when the models become capable. — tap to centre the map on it You need to build early with AI tohave any intuition for when themodels become capable. Last stated a month ago 10 Sept 2026 MK Mike Krieger — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it A business is more likely to failfrom taking on too much complexitythan from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago 29 Sept 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it A business succeeds through a smallnumber of highly effectivedistribution channels, not manymediocre ones. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Feb 2024 AW Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate negotiating an offershould make every ask fit one lineof logic. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Aug 2026 AW Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Often people mistake the depth of thought needed to create something that coheres for making something that looks aesthetically simple, which is almost never the case of anything great. — tap to centre the map on it Often people mistake the depth ofthought needed to create somethingthat coheres for making somethingthat looks aesthetically simple,which is almost never the case ofanything great. Last stated 3 months ago 15 Jul 2026 JY Jason Yuan — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: One well-made garment outperforms multiple seasons of trend-driven fashion purchases. — tap to centre the map on it One well-made garment outperformsmultiple seasons of trend-drivenfashion purchases. Last stated 9 months ago 24 Jan 2026 JL Jason Liu — holds since 2026-01-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it A big part of taste is deliveringhigh levels of craft in anaccessible way so that as manypeople as possible can experienceit. Last stated 6 months ago 21 Apr 2026 BJ Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it A free-wheeling, anarchic neuralorganization may be the secret ofhuman creativity, at the price ofsusceptibility to mental illness Last stated 14 years ago 8 Jan 2013 DD Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists. — tap to centre the map on it A person who works from a recipe,even an innovative one, starts fromsomething that already exists. Last stated 11 years ago 6 Nov 2015 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Build a new application as a monolith first, even when you are confident it will eventually need microservices. Last stated 3 Jun 2015 · 11 years ago Holds Martin Fowler Read this korrent →