# Strategies for Moving from a Monolith to Microservices

DevFeed: [Strategies for Moving from a Monolith to Microservices](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-move-from-monolith-to-a-service-based-architecture-34682.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://newsletter.systemdesigncodex.com/p/how-to-move-from-monolith-to-a-service>)

Author: Saurabh Dashora

Published: 2026-05-26T07:58:51Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [System Design Codex](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/system-design-codex.md>)

Topics: [microservices architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microservices-architecture.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>), [legacy systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/legacy-systems.md>), [proxy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/proxy.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [big-bang](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/big-bang.md>), [feature-flags](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/feature-flags.md>), [incremental](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incremental.md>), [monolith](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monolith.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial describes patterns for gradually moving from a monolithic architecture to microservices. It covers the Strangler Fig Pattern, Parallel Run Pattern, and Collaborator Pattern in the supplied text, emphasizing incremental migration, traffic splitting, behavior comparison, feature flags, and reduced rewrite risk.

## Source excerpt

Strategies worth knowing