DHH just coined the term "Citadel," which finally gives us an excellent way to reference how we approach tech at AppSignal. We said, "Hey, this is us! Our thing has a name now". In addition to the Majestic Monolith, someone should write up the pattern of The Citadel: A single Majestic Monolith captures the majority mass of the app, with a few auxiliary outpost apps for highly specialized and diver
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