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Software Architecture
The decisions that ripple through every file.
Modules, boundaries, monoliths, microservices, and the economics of simplicity. Architecture is the part of the codebase that is hardest to change after Monday.
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The Law of Demeter in Practice
Message chains, the law of diminishing knowledge, and why 'don't talk to strangers' prevents the most brittle code you'll ever write.
Monolith First: Why Simple Beats Distributed
Before microservices made sense for anyone, they were a cost center pretending to be scale. A review of when a monolith is the right architecture — and when the call for services is actually a cry for discipline.
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