https://richardmowatt.com/notes/ Short pieces on architecture, legacy systems, and the parts of the job that never make it into a ticket. en-us richmowatt@gmail.com (Richard Mowatt) richmowatt@gmail.com (Richard Mowatt) https://richardmowatt.com/notes/decoupling-a-monolith-without-a-rewrite.html https://richardmowatt.com/notes/decoupling-a-monolith-without-a-rewrite.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 The rewrite is the expensive answer and usually the wrong one. What actually works is picking the first seam carefully and letting the pattern repeat itself.