Tag: architecture

All the articles with the tag "architecture".

• You can't draw a boundary the business hasn't decided

  20 Jul, 2026

  Drawing module boundaries where the business already cut them assumes the business decided where. Often it hasn't — and that unmade decision is the architect's job.

• Modular microliths

  15 Jul, 2026

  The microservices-versus-monolith war is tired. The systems I've actually shipped are usually a bit of both — and on purpose.

• The distributed systems tax

  13 Jul, 2026

  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.

• Bounded contexts and aggregates

  10 Jul, 2026

  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.