Building Software That Scales: Five Architecture Patterns Your Engineering Team Needs to Know
Choosing the right architectural pattern is one of the most consequential decisions a development team makes — and one of the most frequently made without sufficient deliberate thought. From microservices to event-driven designs, each approach carries distinct trade-offs that determine how well a system will perform, evolve, and survive real-world load. This guide breaks down five foundational patterns, explains the problems each one was designed to solve, and helps teams identify which approach