There are a lot of talks about bootstraping a startup and MVP-ing your way into fame There are also a lot of talks about micro-services, design patters, and many more practices to save the day once your monolith has gotten out of control Over the past year or so we've had the chance to get an accelerated view of moving from one to the other which made our mistakes and our smart decisions very apparent We'd like to share both so that others can better prepare for that stage in between that not many people talk about. MP3