# Shared Monolithic Application

> Building one large shared application instead of composing independently-governed services.

Record: `lexicon:shared-monolithic-application`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-shared-monolithic-application

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Package by Technical Layer Only](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/package-by-technical-layer-only.md) and before [Unbounded Big Ball of Mud](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/unbounded-big-ball-of-mud.md).

## Category

- [Codebase / System Architecture Styles](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/codebase-system-architecture-styles.md)

## Negated by

- [Service-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/service-oriented-architecture.md)

## Linked from

- [Codebase / System Architecture Styles](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-codebase-system-architecture-styles.md)