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by p_l 1647 days ago
Often with monoliths, once they go into production service at scale, the deployment can be "3 days, arranged 4 weeks in advance, requiring 9 sign offs including one VP"
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I would call that a megalith, and not to be cute but to give a sense of scale which is useful. I think there is a point in which a monolith grows so big that is painfully obvious that size became an obstacle greater than the benefits. Pain tolerance differs so the label gets applied at different sized monoliths.