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3. Monolith vs. Microservices

Kinnary Jangla1 
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A monolith is “a large single upright block of stone, especially one shaped into or serving as a pillar or monument.”

Oxford Living Dictionaries, s.v. “monolith,” https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/monolith , accessed October 1, 2018.

Docker provides a solution to some of the problems posed by containers. But why did Docker become so successful only in recent years? Let’s delve into that a bit.

In the previous chapter, you learned about the evolution of Docker and the reasons for its wide adoption by the software industry. You also learned ...

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