Originally published on lavkesh.com
I've seen software architecture ignored until the system falls apart, it's the blueprint that determines scalability and functionality, not just an abstract concept but a set of deliberate choices about system interactions
Every architecture has components, the building blocks that do the work, and connectors that define how they communicate, whether through direct function calls, messages in a queue, or HTTP requests, these connectors are crucial when things go wrong or when changes are needed
I recall a project where we used Apache Kafka for message queuing, and it worked beautifully until we hit a bottleneck in our consumer group, we had to reconfigure the partitions and adjust the batch size to get the throughput we needed, it was a good lesson in understanding the tradeoffs of our chosen connector
Within these styles, you find architectural patterns, specific solutions to recurring problems, like the repository pattern, circuit breaker, and observer, these patterns let you avoid reinventing the wheel and provide proven answers to common challenges
