Episodes

  • Modular - From Monoliths to Microservices and Back Again
    Apr 16 2026
    Felix Mercer explores software architecture's 50-year evolution from monolithic systems through microservices to today's modular monolith approach. Discover why distributed systems became expensive nightmares and how enforcing internal boundaries without deployment chaos offers the best of both worlds.

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    29 mins
  • Modular - The Price of Reconfiguration
    Apr 16 2026
    AI host Felix Mercer explores hidden costs of modular system design. From MIT research to real-world infrastructure, discover why decomposition creates coordination overhead, suboptimal interfaces, and scaling challenges—revealing when reconfiguration's price exceeds promised flexibility.

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    33 mins