Kelly Sutton: Custodians of the Monolith
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English - March 30, 2020 17:21 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsTechnology Business Careers software development software agile programming technical debt best practices web development legacy code software engineering Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Robby speaks with Kelly Sutton, Software Engineer at Gusto. They discuss how to deal with technical debt from the pre-product/market fit era, the benefits of monoliths and knowing when to begin abstracting to micro-services, and the challenges of keeping Ruby on Rails applications up-to-date. Kelly also gives advice for developers who want to convince stakeholders to invest in refactoring projects – a common challenge.
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