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147: From Monolith to Understanding with Nelida Velazquez

Going from monolith to microservices is one of the most popular topics in software engineering. But jumping the boat without understanding why can be a dangerous (and expensive) adventure.


Today we talk with Nelida Velazquez. Nelida is a senior software engineer at Cobalt, a cyber security company that offers pentest as a service. As a backend developer, she had numerous opportunities to witness ill-informed migrations from monolith to microservices, and she is sharing her experience with us. 

When you finish listening to this episode, connect with Nelida on X and visit her blog at https://tolkiana.com

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Nelida on X at: https://twitter.com/tolkiana

Nelida’s blog at https://tolkiana.com 

 

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