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Restructuring to a Vertical Slice Architecture

What is vertical slice architecture and how does it compare to clean architecture? Ultimately it’s about coupling and dependencies. With vertical slice architecture, you’re organizing your code across a feature rather than layers. The focus is on features and capabilities rather than technical concerns. Coupling is limited by the scope of the feature and the size of the vertical slice. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel where I post all kinds of content that accompanies my posts including this video showing everything that is in this post. Clean Architecture Before jumping into Vertical Slice Architecture let me first talk about Clean Architecture… Read More »Restructuring to a Vertical Slice Architecture

Software Architecture Q&A: Microservices, CQRS & More!

You have questions, I have answers… well mainly opinions! Here are the top questions I was asked for this Software Architecture Q&A. As you can expect they are around Microservices, Messaging, CQRS & Event Sourcing. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel where I post all kinds of content that accompanies my posts including this video showing everything that is in this post. What is the difference between SOA and Microservices? I get this question often and I was expecting it for this Software Architecture Q&A. I believe it’s because of how I present Event Driven Architecture in relation to Microservices. The answer… Read More »Software Architecture Q&A: Microservices, CQRS & More!

Architecture Decision Records (ADR) as a LOG that answers “WHY?”

Architecture Decision Records will save you from guessing. Have you ever worked on a codebase and wondered why you were using a particular library/framework, applying a pattern, or deploying a particular way? If you ask a teammate and they also have no idea because that was defined before them as well. Is the decision still relevant for the current context? What was the context when the decision was made? A lot of this is institutional knowledge that is lost, leaving you guessing. Instead, capture Architecture Decision Records along with your code in the same repository. It’s a log of all… Read More »Architecture Decision Records (ADR) as a LOG that answers “WHY?”