How npm split a monolith and lived to tell the tale
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Laurie Voss tells the story of how npm made the journey from a monolithic, single-process registry to a distributed system made up of separate measurable, testable, and manageable microservices. Laurie highlights the process and philosophy behind this immense behind-the-scenes change.
Talk Title | How npm split a monolith and lived to tell the tale |
Speakers | Laurie Voss (npm Inc) |
Conference | Fluent |
Conf Tag | The Web Platform in Practice |
Location | San Francisco, California |
Date | March 8-10, 2016 |
URL | Talk Page |
Slides | |
Video | Talk Video |
Laurie Voss tells the story of how npm made the journey from a monolithic, single-process registry to a distributed system made up of separate measurable, testable, and manageable microservices. Laurie highlights the process and philosophy behind this immense behind-the-scenes change—completed while the company experienced hockey-stick growth in package downloads, without users even noticing.