Why scaling the whole monolith costs more than fixing the parts: a practical, numbered guide to modular scope discipline

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1) Think twice before you scale the entire monolith - what this list will save you Are you about to approve a project that scales every component of a legacy monolith because it looks cheaper on the initial estimate? Hold on