Hybrid Application Architecture: PHP Monolith with Go Microservices
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Summary
The article discusses a hybrid application architecture where a PHP 8.3 monolith serves as the core application ("mother") surrounded by Go microservices ("children") for specific high-throughput tasks. This approach provided a balance between development speed and performance optimization, allowing a small backend team to deliver features quickly while maintaining stability.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledWe used to develop our application as a single DDD monolith with several smaller microservices around it to gain some specific advantages
Most of these microservices were built in Go, while the core monolithic service was developed in PHP 8.3
The Go microservices efficiently handled our high-throughput requests, and the carefully designed monolith allowed our relatively small backend team to deliver features quickly and with confidence
It was a good balance: speed where we needed it most, and stability
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