From monoliths to microservices and serverless
A walk through the evolution of architectures and why each stage answered a real need.
Software architecture has evolved from the monolithic systems of the 1970s to architectures based on microservices and serverless. The driver of that change has been the need for more scalable, maintainable and agile systems.
Monoliths, simple at first, hit limits in scalability and maintenance. Service-oriented architecture (SOA) introduced modularity, but microservices were what made it possible to break complex systems into independent, deployable components.
Serverless and event-driven architectures are redefining how we build applications, with automatic scaling and less operational complexity. Clean Architecture and DDD provide the principles that keep that freedom from turning into chaos, while Kubernetes and containers standardize deployment.
