Architecture
The Monolith That Could: Why Rewriting Your Legacy System May Be the Costliest Mistake You Haven't Made Yet
The pressure to decompose legacy monolithic applications into microservices has become something close to received wisdom in the software industry — but the business case for a complete architectural rewrite is far weaker than the consensus suggests. A growing number of engineering leaders are pushing back, advocating for disciplined, incremental modernization strategies that preserve institutional knowledge and maintain business continuity. The real question is not whether your monolith is old.