Software Architecture
API Design Principles That Age Well
The design decisions that make APIs a pleasure to work with years later - consistency, clear contracts, thoughtful versioning, and the mistakes that are expensive to undo.
Software Architecture
Monolith vs Microservices: The Honest Tradeoffs
What microservices actually cost, what problems they actually solve, and how to think about the decision instead of treating it as a default choice.
Software Architecture
SOLID Principles Through Real Code, Not Definitions
Five principles that show up in every serious codebase - explained through violations you will recognize, not textbook abstractions.
Software Architecture
Design Patterns You Will Actually Encounter: Factory, Strategy, Observer
Three patterns that appear constantly in real codebases - what problem each solves, what the structure looks like, and where you have already seen them.
Software Architecture
Design Patterns, Part 2: Decorator, Adapter, Command
Three more patterns from the everyday toolkit - adding behavior without inheritance, bridging incompatible interfaces, and treating actions as objects.