Describe the advantages and disadvantages of monolithic architecture.

Advantages:

• Ease of development: Easier to start a project and move quickly in the early stages.
• Ease of deployment: The entire application is a single artifact.
• Ease of testing: Integration testing within a single process.
• Performance: No overhead costs for inter-process communication.

Disadvantages:

• Scaling complexity: The entire system must be scaled, even if the load is only on one component.
• Difficulty in making changes: Changes in one component can affect other parts of the system.
• Limited technology stack: The same technologies must be used throughout the system.
• Single point of failure: A failure in one part can lead to the failure of the entire application.
• Complexity for large teams: Teams find it harder to work in parallel on a large codebase.
• Longer build and deployment times: As the project grows, build and deployment become slower.