Tag: architecture
All the articles with the tag "architecture".
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The distributed systems tax
Every time you turn a function call into a network call, you start paying a tax. Worth it sometimes — but know the bill before you sign up.
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Bounded contexts and aggregates
The two ideas from Domain-Driven Design you can actually use on Monday — where to draw your boundaries, and what you can change in one go.
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Anti-corruption layers
The cheapest insurance against someone else's mess leaking into your codebase — and why changing payment vendors three times didn't hurt.
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One-way and two-way doors
Not every decision deserves the same agonising. The trick is telling two-way doors — the ones you can walk back through — from one-way doors you can't.