1. The Method

The Zen of Architects1 simply states that for the beginner architect, there are many options of doing pretty much anything. For the master architect, however, there are only a few good options, and typically only one.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_Mind,_Beginner’s_Mind

Beginner architects are often perplexed by the plethora of patterns, ideas, methodologies, and possibilities for designing their software system. The software industry is bursting at the seams with ideas and people eager to learn and improve themselves, including you who are reading this book. However, since there are so few correct ways of doing any given design task, you might as well focus only on those and ignore the noise. Master software architects know ...

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