Data Mesh in Action

9 Solution architecture design

This chapter covers

• Organizing architecture design sessions
• Learning C4 architecture diagram notation
• Using and collecting architectural drivers
• Understanding design patterns for data product architecture
• Turning the database inside out
• Designing the data product’s solution architecture

In this chapter, we will come much closer to the code and technical details. We will step into the Messflix software architect’s shoes to design technical architecture for our data products.

In the previous chapters, you learned the principles, such as what data product boundaries should look like, how to apply product thinking, how governance should be set up, and what an underlying platform is. We can imagine you are now looking ...