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Chikahiro Tokoro

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Conference speaker. Delivered 'Is the monolith a problem?' at wroclove.rb 2025, arguing that God objects — not monoliths — are the real problem, and recommending modular monoliths plus incremental refactoring. Shares his LinkedIn and personal website and invites attendees to connect.

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Is the monolith a problem talk
Chikahiro delivered this talk as the opening speaker at wroclove.rb 2025.
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Modular Monolith concept
Core recommendation of the talk: the next decade will be the era of the modular monolith.
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Packwerk tool
Recommended as a linter for enforcing module boundaries inside Rails apps.
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Strangler Fig Pattern concept
Recommended for gradually rolling out a refactor without big-bang risk.
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Domain-Driven Design concept
Recommended alongside DRY-as-knowledge for better modeling.
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Matthias Verraes person
Points attendees to Matthias's DDD blog posts as a simple, helpful introduction.
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Building Microservices resource
Cites Sam Newman's second edition on modular monolith being underestimated and microservices being bad for startups.
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Mice of the Modulith talk
Recommends the Rails World 2024 Shopify talk on modular-monolith realities.

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2026-04-17 16:16 seed
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Is the Monolith a Problem? — Chikahiro Tokoro at wroclove... 2026-04-18 06:46
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