Monorepos went from 'suck' to 'awesome' because AI can navigate them
gethackteam · x · 2026-10-18
A short but pointed observation: in 2020 monorepos were hated because human developers couldn't navigate huge codebases; by 2026 they're considered great — because AI coding agents handle the navigation and comprehension burden, flipping the cost-benefit of large-repo organization.
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