Microservices vs Monolith: When to Migrate Your Platform

The "Monolith First" strategy remains the most pragmatic approach for MVPs. But when should you migrate?

Signs You Need to Migrate

• Deployment Friction: A minor change requires deploying the entire application.
• Scaling Disparities: One feature needs massive CPU while the rest just needs memory.
• Team Bottlenecks: 20+ developers on the same codebase causing constant merge conflicts.

The Strangler Fig Pattern

Never rewrite from scratch. Use the Strangler Fig pattern: put an API gateway in front, build new features as microservices, and slowly route traffic away from the monolith.