There are pros and cons to every type of software installation - from ease of use and maintenance, to separation of concerns, to division of expertise. Finding the system that works best for you or your company may require a lot of research and some weighty decisions. Does a single system meet your needs? Do you have a great back-end setup, but you need to separate your front end from it for business reasons?

In the second installment in our three-part series on Laravel, Managing Director Michael Meyers talks with Senior Software Engineer Laslo Horvath about the challenges and pitfalls of systems - whether they’re decoupled or monolithic. Learn more about the factors of each, and if you really need to go one way or the other - or if a hybrid approach is the better way to move forward.