Cursor

Monolith: the backend service is mostly a large monolith, and is deployed as one. This is a reminder that monoliths work pretty well for early-stage startups and can help teams move fast.

This is a shameless plug for Martin fowler as well. first get it working, then make it better.

_{Quote Citation: Gergely Orosz, “Real-world engineering challenges: building Cursor”, JUN 10, 2025, https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/cursor}