What is a monorepo and when should you use one?
A monorepo is a single repository that contains multiple projects, packages, or services. Instead of separate repos for your frontend, backend, and shared libraries, everything lives together with shared tooling and dependencies. Tools like Turborepo, Nx, and pnpm workspaces make monorepos practical at scale. Use one when your projects share code, need coordinated releases, or when context-switching between repos creates friction.
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