How npm split a monolith and lived to tell the tale
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.
