# Did I Break You? Reverse Dependency Verification

DevFeed: [Did I Break You? Reverse Dependency Verification](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/did-i-break-you-reverse-dependency-verification-2028.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog//did-i-break-you>)

Published: 2021-05-25T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [SoundCloud Backstage Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/soundcloud-backstage-blog.md>)

Topics: [Reverse Dependencies](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reverse-dependencies.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>), [Finagle](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/finagle.md>), [Microservice](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microservice.md>), [Rails](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rails.md>), [Ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ruby.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>), [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>), [Data Science](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-science.md>), [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>), [PWA](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pwa.md>)

Tags: [analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/analysis.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [collaboration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/collaboration.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [dependency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dependency.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/framework.md>), [jvm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jvm.md>), [microservices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microservices.md>), [rails](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rails.md>), [reverse-dependencies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reverse-dependencies.md>), [ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ruby.md>), [tech-stack](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech-stack.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tooling.md>), [verification](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/verification.md>), [web-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-development.md>)

## AI overview

SoundCloud describes how its evolving technology stack and team autonomy created fragmentation across languages, frameworks, processes, and documentation. It presents Golden Paths as opinionated, reusable recommendations that simplify development while preserving flexibility, including a JVM backend path built around Finagle and supporting tooling.

## Source excerpt

SoundCloud was founded 13 years ago, and throughout its history, the company and much of its tech stack has changed. We started with a...