gethackteaminc/programming2d ago2020: monorepos suck because developers can’t navigate them2026: monorepos are awesome (because of AI)#monorepos#ai#developer experience04 comments
capajjx2d agohave you ever worked at organisation with more than 30 repos for each of their microservices? Does not matter what year. Only way for me was to write a script to check them out and work with them locally in a single folder like in a monorepo.0 Replygethackteamx2d agoYes. Every repo had its own npm package / cicd scripts etc scaffolded from a shared repo. Obviously, that turned into a huge mess for maintainers1 Replygethackteamx2d agoAnd let’s please not get started about submodules1 ReplyNavrkalFx1d agoI just use git submodules.0 Reply
gethackteamx2d agoYes. Every repo had its own npm package / cicd scripts etc scaffolded from a shared repo. Obviously, that turned into a huge mess for maintainers1 Replygethackteamx2d agoAnd let’s please not get started about submodules1 Reply
have you ever worked at organisation with more than 30 repos for each of their microservices? Does not matter what year. Only way for me was to write a script to check them out and work with them locally in a single folder like in a monorepo.
Yes. Every repo had its own npm package / cicd scripts etc scaffolded from a shared repo. Obviously, that turned into a huge mess for maintainers
And let’s please not get started about submodules
I just use git submodules.