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Polylith is a functional software architecture at the system scale

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Resurfaced independently across 4 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
4
submitters
4
observed span
2018–2024
peak thread · 82 comments
116 pts
latest 20+ return · 2024-07-29
104 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

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It is probably/definitely me but I watched the long video and did not learn anything and then read the GitHub example for a few minutes and got it. I have a hard time understanding why ‘young people’ (or maybe all people outside myself as it sometimes feels) enjoy videos; text is so much faster for everything but learning how to render a wall (stuff with your hands). Then again, I never went to lectures in uni vs reading books, papers…

> Creating a library also harms the development experience, because changes to the code no longer take effect immediately, as we need to build a library every time we make a change.[0] I see this criticism of libraries from monolith fans a lot, and it confuses me. That would be true anyway - you cannot use code until you've built it (unless it's in a language which is interpreted/unbuilt/uncompiled etc.). This would be true if the code lived in a…

scubbo·104-point thread·

The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.

Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
226

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Total comments
98

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2018-10-08Software architecture for functional thinking at the system scaledelebe40
2021-11-24Polylithomarfarooq20
2022-03-16Polylith is a functional software architecture at the system scaleFirst breakout · Best threadlaerus11682
2024-07-29PolylithLatest 20+ point return0x63_Problems10416