From Monolith to Understanding with Nelida Velazquez
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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.  Mentioned in this episode: Nelida on X at: https://twitter.com/tolkiana Nelida’s blog at https://tolkiana.com   
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