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Architecture Styles
Event-Driven Architecture
Layered Architecture
Microkernel Architecture
Microservices Architecture
Modular Monolith Architecture
Orchestration-Driven Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Pipeline Architecture
Ports and Adapters (Hexagonal Architecture)
Service-Based Architecture
Space-Based Architecture
Concepts
Index
AI Agents
AI Engineering
AI Engineering Architecture
AI Evaluation
Analytical Data Patterns: Data Warehouse, Data Lake, Data Mesh
API Design
API Gateway
API Testing
Architect Soft Skills: Diagramming, Team Leadership, Negotiation, and Career
Architectural Decomposition
Architecture Characteristics
Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)
Architecture Documentation
Architecture Fitness Functions
Architecture Quantum
Bounded Contexts and Domain-Driven Design
Code Reuse Patterns
Continual Learning and Test in Production
Continuous Delivery Practices
Contracts in Distributed Architecture
Conway's Law
Core Domain and Strategic Distillation
Cost as an Architectural Force
Coupling
Data Decomposition
Data Distribution Shifts
Dataset Engineering
Deployment Pipelines
EventStorming
Evolutionary Architecture
Evolutionary Database Design
Feature Engineering
Feature Flags
Finetuning
Foundation Models
Four Key Metrics (DORA)
Fracture Planes
Goal-Question-Metric (GQM)
Inference Optimization
Integration Styles
Large-Scale Structure
LLM Sampling and Probabilistic Outputs
Messaging
ML Systems Design
MLOps Infrastructure and Tooling
Model Development and Offline Evaluation
Model-Driven Design
Modularity
OAuth2 and Authentication
Prompt Engineering
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Risk Storming
Service Granularity
Software Complexity
Stability Patterns
Supple Design
Team Cognitive Load
Team Topologies Model
Technical vs Domain Partitioning
Threat Modeling
Ubiquitous Language
Westrum Organisational Culture
Zero Trust
Distributed
Index
Backpressure
Broadcast Protocols
Caching
CAP Theorem
Consensus Algorithms
Consistency Models
Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)
Control Plane / Data Plane
CRDTs (Conflict-free Replicated Data Types)
Distributed Transactions
DNS (Domain Name System)
Failure Detection
Fallacies of Distributed Computing
HTTP
Idempotency
Leader Election
Load Balancing
Logical Clocks
Partitioning
Queueing Theory for Architects
Rate Limiting and Upstream Resiliency
Replication
Scalability
Serverless Computing
System Models
TLS (Transport Layer Security)
Operations
Index
Automation
Availability
Chaos Engineering
Common Failure Causes
Data Integrity
Error Budgets
Incident Management
Manageability
Monitoring
Observability
Site Reliability Engineering
Testing for Reliability
Patterns
Index
Anticorruption Layer (ACL)
Branch by Abstraction
Bulkhead Pattern
Business Logic Implementation Patterns
Circuit Breaker
Context Map and Bounded Context Integration Patterns
Domain Model Pattern
MVC and Web Presentation Patterns
Outbox Pattern
Parallel Run
Progressive Delivery
Repository Pattern
Retry
Saga Pattern
Sidecar / Service Mesh
Specification Pattern
Strangler Fig Pattern
Timeout
Databases
Index
Data Models
Encoding and Evolution
Object-Relational Mapping Patterns
Storage Engines
Transactions
Streams
Index
Batch Processing
Change Data Capture
Event Sourcing and CQRS
Stream Processing
Comparisons
Index
API Protocol Selection: REST vs gRPC vs GraphQL
Architecture Styles Comparison
Build vs Buy vs Adopt (Open-Source)
Consistency Model Selection
Cost vs Availability Decision Guide
Decomposition Strategy: How Far to Break Up a System
Migration Pattern Selection
Orchestration vs Choreography
Performance and Capacity Decision Guide
Stability Pattern Selection
Synchronous vs Asynchronous Communication
Reference
Index
Technology Glossary
Sources
Index
A Philosophy of Software Design
Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps
AI Engineering
Building Event-Driven Microservices
Building Evolutionary Architectures
Chaos Engineering: System Resiliency in Practice
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Designing Machine Learning Systems
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
Enterprise Integration Patterns
Foundations of Scalable Systems
Fundamentals of Software Architecture
Learning Domain-Driven Design
Mastering API Architecture
Monolith to Microservices
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
Release It! Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software
Reliable Machine Learning
Site Reliability Engineering
Software Architecture Metrics
Software Architecture Patterns
Software Architecture: The Hard Parts
Team Topologies: Organising Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow
Understanding Distributed Systems
Authors
Index
Adam Bellemare
Alexander von Zitzewitz
Andrew Harmel-Law
Benjamin Treynor Sloss
Betsy Beyer
Bobby Woolf
Carola Lilienthal
Casey Rosenthal
Cathy Chen
Chip Huyen
Chris Jones
Christian Ciceri
D. Sculley
Daniel Bryant
Dave Farley
Eoin Woods
Eric Evans
Gene Kim
Gregor Hohpe
Ian Gorton
James Gough
Jennifer Petoff
Jez Humble
João Rosa
John Ousterhout
Kranti Parisa
Manuel Pais
Mark Richards
Martin Fowler
Martin Kleppmann
Matthew Auburn
Matthew Skelton
Michael Keeling
Michael Nygard
Neal Ford
Niall Richard Murphy
Nicole Forsgren
Nora Jones
Patrick Kua
Pramod Sadalage
Rebecca Parsons
René Weiss
Roberto Vitillo
Sam Newman
Todd Underwood
Vlad Khononov
Zhamak Dehghani
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