• Kotlin offers concise multiplatform language for backend development. • Tutorial explores shift from microservices to modular monolith architecture. • Monoliths reduce deployment complexity and monitoring overhead. • Netflix pioneered microservices; now many adopt monoliths for simplicity. • Guide covers modular design patterns and Spring integration.

Article Summaries:

  • The article explains a growing trend toward modular monoliths-single‑deployable applications split into well‑defined modules that communicate via clear APIs or events. It contrasts this approach with traditional monoliths, which bundle all code tightly, and with microservices, which split domains but add distributed‑system complexity. Modular monoliths aim to combine the maintainability of microservices with the simplicity of a single deployment. The guide outlines why the pattern is gaining traction, its benefits (simplified release, reliable testing, independent development), and shows how to implement it using Spring Modulith and Kotlin.

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