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# Software Architecture
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> **For Claude:** This content is mirrored in `skills/software-architecture/SKILL.md` which is auto-triggered when relevant. You don't need to load this file directly.
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This document describes the architectural patterns we use to achieve our [architecture beliefs](./manifesto.md#architecture-beliefs). It serves as human-readable organizational documentation.
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## Beliefs to Patterns
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| Belief | Primary Pattern | Supporting Patterns |
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|--------|-----------------|---------------------|
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| Auditability by default | Event Sourcing | Immutable events, temporal queries |
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| Business language in code | Domain-Driven Design | Ubiquitous language, aggregates, bounded contexts |
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| Independent evolution | Event-driven communication | Bounded contexts, published language |
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| Explicit over implicit | Commands and Events | Domain events, clear intent |
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## Event Sourcing
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**Achieves:** Auditability by default
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Instead of storing current state, we store the sequence of events that led to it.
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**Core concepts:**
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- **Events** are immutable facts about what happened, named in past tense: `OrderPlaced`, `PaymentReceived`
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- **State** is derived by replaying events, not stored directly
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- **Event store** is append-only - history is never modified
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**Why this matters:**
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- Complete audit trail for free
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- Debug by replaying history
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- Answer "what was the state at time X?"
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- Recover from bugs by fixing logic and replaying
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**Trade-offs:**
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- More complex than CRUD for simple cases
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- Requires thinking in events, not state
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- Eventually consistent read models
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## Domain-Driven Design
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**Achieves:** Business language in code
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The domain model reflects how the business thinks and talks.
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**Core concepts:**
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- **Ubiquitous language** - same terms in code, conversations, and documentation
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- **Bounded contexts** - explicit boundaries where terms have consistent meaning
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- **Aggregates** - clusters of objects that change together, with one root entity
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- **Domain events** - capture what happened in business terms
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**Why this matters:**
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- Domain experts can read and validate the model
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- New team members learn the domain through code
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- Changes in business rules map clearly to code changes
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**Trade-offs:**
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- Upfront investment in understanding the domain
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- Boundaries may need to shift as understanding grows
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- Overkill for pure technical/infrastructure code
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## Event-Driven Communication
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**Achieves:** Independent evolution
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Services communicate by publishing events, not calling each other directly.
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**Core concepts:**
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- **Publish events** when something important happens
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- **Subscribe to events** you care about
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- **No direct dependencies** between publisher and subscriber
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- **Eventual consistency** - accept that not everything updates instantly
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**Why this matters:**
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- Add new services without changing existing ones
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- Services can be deployed independently
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- Natural resilience - if a subscriber is down, events queue
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**Trade-offs:**
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- Harder to trace request flow
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- Eventual consistency requires different thinking
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- Need infrastructure for reliable event delivery
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## Commands and Events
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**Achieves:** Explicit over implicit
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Distinguish between requests (commands) and facts (events).
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**Core concepts:**
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- **Commands** express intent: `PlaceOrder`, `CancelSubscription`
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- Commands can be rejected (validation, business rules)
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- **Events** express facts: `OrderPlaced`, `SubscriptionCancelled`
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- Events are immutable - what happened, happened
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**Why this matters:**
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- Clear separation of "trying to do X" vs "X happened"
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- Commands validate, events just record
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- Enables replay - reprocess events with new logic
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## When to Diverge
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These patterns are defaults, not mandates. Diverge intentionally when:
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- **Simplicity wins** - a simple CRUD endpoint doesn't need event sourcing
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- **Performance requires it** - sometimes synchronous calls are necessary
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- **Team context** - patterns the team doesn't understand cause more harm than good
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- **Prototyping** - validate ideas before investing in full architecture
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When diverging, document the decision in the project's vision.md (see below).
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## Project-Level Architecture
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Each project should document its architectural choices in `vision.md` under an **Architecture** section:
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```markdown
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## Architecture
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This project follows organization architecture patterns.
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### Alignment
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- Event sourcing for [which aggregates/domains]
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- Bounded contexts: [list contexts and their responsibilities]
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- Event-driven communication between [which services]
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### Intentional Divergences
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| Area | Standard Pattern | What We Do Instead | Why |
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|------|------------------|-------------------|-----|
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| [area] | [expected pattern] | [actual approach] | [reasoning] |
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```
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This creates traceability: org beliefs → patterns → project decisions.
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