Modular Monoliths: Goldilocks Architecture? | Steve Smith (Ardalis) & Eric Fleming | .NET Day 2026

Monolithic apps are the worst! They grow and grow until they collapse under their own weight as a Big Ball of Mud. Microservices are the here to save us! But wait, they're REALLY hard to get right and REALLY hard to manage at scale. In addition to whatever challenges you're facing with modeling the business problems, you now get to add all of the complexities of distributed computing on top of it. And way too often microservices end up being the worst of all worlds: the dreaded DISTRIBUTED MONOLITH. Enter, the Modular Monolith. Simple deployments. Cheaper hosting. Easier to extend. Still capable of supporting multiple independent development teams. Not too simple; not too complex. Maybe the it's Goldilocks solution your application has been yearning for. Speakers: Steve Smith (Ardalis), Cofounder and Principal Architect, NimblePros Blog: https://ardalis.com/blog LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenandrewsmith Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ardalis.com X: https://twitter.com/ardalis Eric Fleming, Principal Architect, NimblePros NimblePros: https://nimblepros.com/ Recorded at JetBrains .NET Day Online 2026, a free online event for the .NET community. Watch all .NET Day 2026 talks: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDygEnTxhRkc Explore JetBrains tools for .NET: https://www.jetbrains.com/dotnet/ #JBDotNetDay #dotnet #csharp