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Mastering Software Architecture: A Comprehensive New Model and Approach
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Mastering Software Architecture: A Comprehensive New Model and Approach

by Michael Carducci
March 2025
Intermediate to advanced
470 pages
11h 23m
English
Apress
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M. CarducciMastering Software Architecturehttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0410-6_6

6. Architectures Are Not “Chosen,” They Are Designed

Michael Carducci1  
(1)
Parker, CO, USA
 

Everything is designed. Few things are designed well.

—Brian Reed

Once a set of architectural requirements is identified, the natural and intuitive next step is to “choose” an architecture that best fits the requirements. This generally means selecting one of the nine or so common patterns. This conventional approach, however, may lead to disastrous consequences.

In the multifaceted world of software architecture, there is a tantalizing allure to architectural patterns promising a given ...

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