Organizing Microservices Source Code - Monorepo vs. Multirepo 🛠️

Organizing Microservices Source Code: Monorepo vs. Multirepo 🛠️
In microservices architecture, choosing between a single repository (monorepo) and *repository per microservice *(multirepo) is crucial. Here's a quick look at the pros and cons of each approach.

🗂️ Single Repository (Monorepo).

Issues as Code Base Grows:

1. 🔗 Dependencies: Allows dependencies between microservice codebases.
2. 🤝 Coupling: Risk of strong coupling between entities.
3. ⏳ Build Times: Slower builds as all services are built for every change.
4. 🚧 Build Breaks: A break in one service affects all.
5. ⏮️ Rollback: Rolling back one service may require rolling back all.

📂 Repository per Microservice (Multirepo)

Benefits:

1. 🚫 No Dependencies: Prevents dependencies between microservice codebases.
2. ⚡ Build Efficiency: Only build and verify the service that changed.
3. 🔀 Isolated Build Breaks: A break in one service doesn't affect others.
4. 🔄 Easy Rollback: Rolling back one service won't affect others.

Conclusion
Choose Monorepo When:

1. 📉 Small number of microservices.
2. 🌐 Prefer a unified codebase.

Choose Multirepo When:

1. 📈 Numerous, independent microservices.
2. 🚀 Need for rapid, isolated development and deployment.

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