Why I Chose Monorepo Architecture: From Code Chaos to 2.8s Builds
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Why I Chose Monorepo Architecture: From Code Chaos to 2.8s Builds

I broke production on a Friday night.

Changed a Button prop in the UI library. Committed. Deployed. Felt good.

Except I forgot the portfolio app had its own copy of Button.tsx. Different repo. Same component name. Different version.

Production broke. White screen. Users emailing "site down?"

That’s when I knew: copy-pasting components across 3 repos had to end.

After moving to monorepo:

  • One Button.tsx. One source of truth.
  • Type errors caught before commit (TypeScript sees everything)
  • Builds in 2.8 seconds with cache
  • Deploy once, everything stays in sync

But here’s what really changed: I stopped being a deployment coordinator and became a developer again.

No more context switchin…

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