Monolith vs. Microservice architecture: Embracing the Monolith safely with feature flags

Flagsmith, initially designed with a microservice architecture to support various clients through a separate API and web dashboard, has shifted towards a monolith architecture to streamline operations and address several challenges. This transition was driven by frustrations with versioning complexities, testing difficulties, and the management of pull requests across multiple repositories. By consolidating into a single codebase, Flagsmith aims to simplify versioning, facilitate comprehensive testing through unified pull requests, and enhance the deployment process by reducing the need for coordinating releases across multiple components. Despite the move to a monolith, the architecture maintains some level of decoupling, as the frontend continues to communicate with the API via REST, allowing for flexibility and a hybrid approach. This change not only simplifies deployments by reducing domain and SSL complications but also integrates functionalities to create a more cohesive development and deployment environment.

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