Monorepo Versus Polyrepo (One per Service)
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Mid-size startup with shared libraries across 12 services, frequent cross-cutting changes.
Short answer: Monorepo. Atomic cross-service changes, single source of truth for shared libs, unified tooling.
The Two Options
A
Monorepo
B
Polyrepo (one per service)
Drill This: Your Pick First
The Better Pick
Option A
Monorepo
Atomic cross-service changes, single source of truth for shared libs, unified tooling. Frequent cross-cutting changes are painful across polyrepos.
When the Other One Wins
Polyrepo (one per service)
Independent teams shipping totally decoupled services (especially with different release cadences or open-source components) often prefer polyrepo.