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1. Architecture Foundations

1. Architecture Foundations

Understand architecture, trade-offs, boundaries, and the decisions that shape systems over time.

Lesson overview

1. Architecture Foundations

Understand architecture, trade-offs, boundaries, and the decisions that shape systems over time.

This chapter develops the concepts progressively and connects them to real production engineering decisions. Focus on reasoning, trade-offs, failure modes, and measurable outcomes.

Learning path

Theory โ†’ Example โ†’ Code โ†’ Practice โ†’ Quiz โ†’ Challenge โ†’ Completion

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Step 1

Theory

Learning goals

Understand architecture, trade-offs, boundaries, and the decisions that shape systems over time.

You should be able to explain the concepts, compare alternatives, and apply them to a real production system.

Step 2

Example

Example

Apply 1. Architecture Foundations to a realistic production scenario and trace the decision step by step.

Step 3

Code

Code

Add implementation notes or a runnable example for this concept.

Step 4

Practice

Review the chapter and write an architecture note explaining how its concepts apply to a system you know.

Step 5

Quiz

Quiz coming soon.

Step 6

Challenge

Design a small production system using this chapter and document at least three trade-offs.

Complete every stage

Work through every step in order, then the lesson will be marked complete.

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