BackendGeneral
Monolith
Also written as Monolithic architecture
An application built and deployed as one single unified codebase, as opposed to being split into microservices.
Think of it like
Like one large restaurant kitchen making the entire menu under one roof, instead of splitting into separate food-court stalls.
Junior or senior?
Junior sounds like
Treats 'monolith' as an automatic red flag.
Senior sounds like
Can explain why a monolith was actually the right call for their team, rather than splitting into services.
Ask them
“What made a monolith the right call for your team, rather than splitting into services?”