January 16, 2020

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Slaying the dragon: How to rewrite a monolith into microservices and stay alive

Slaying the dragon: How to rewrite a monolith into microservices and stay alive

Do you have an old monolith you really want to rewrite, but dont know where to start? Dalia Simons shares ideas, tips, and strategies for rewriting an important monolith service into microservices while maintaining full availability.
Talk Title Slaying the dragon: How to rewrite a monolith into microservices and stay alive
Speakers Dalia Simons (Wix)
Conference O’Reilly Velocity Conference
Conf Tag Build Resilient Distributed Systems
Location London, United Kingdom
Date October 18-20, 2017
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Do you have an old monolith you really want to rewrite, but don’t know where to start? Dalia Simons shares ideas, tips, and strategies for rewriting an important monolith service into microservices while maintaining full availability. Drawing on her firsthand experience, Dalia explains when to rewrite, how to approach to problem, issues that she encountered (and solutions), and lessons learned along the way.

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