# Imperfect #13: Killing the Distributed Monolith

DevFeed: [Imperfect #13: Killing the Distributed Monolith](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/imperfect-13-killing-the-distributed-monolith-39451.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://imperfect.substack.com/p/imperfect-13-killing-the-distributed>)

Author: Pedro Gil Carvalho

Published: 2023-06-30T09:03:26Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Pedro Gil Carvalho](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/pedro-gil-carvalho.md>)

Topics: [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>), [microservices architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microservices-architecture.md>), [Microservices](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microservices.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [distributed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distributed.md>), [microservices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microservices.md>), [microservices-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microservices-architecture.md>), [monolith](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monolith.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that a distributed monolith can emerge when microservices teams develop thick networks of dependencies. Using a retailer settings-page example, it describes how ownership boundaries, cross-team requests, context switching, and coordination delays can slow delivery and create defects. It presents the problem as both organizational and technical, with healthier boundaries as the proposed direction.

## Source excerpt

Going faster through healthier boundaries