Warm up
Take a quick logic break in the Thinking Gym before the recap.
Software Development and Architecture: Summary and games
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This page is a light recap and a play space. Use it to refresh the big ideas and test your instincts.
You made it to the end
You started with the basics of systems and roles. You moved through architecture styles and integration. You finished with domains, resilience, and evolution. That is real progress.
- Foundations gave you clear mental models and shared language.
- Intermediate showed how styles and integration patterns shape trade offs.
- Advanced pushed into domains, distributed patterns, and long term governance.
Nice work
You now have the core vocabulary to ask better questions and design safer systems.
One page recap of the big ideas
Software architecture at a glance
How the levels fit together in one picture.
Foundations
Components, interfaces, and clear roles.
Goal: shared mental model.
Intermediate
Styles, APIs, quality attributes, and data.
Goal: sensible trade offs.
Advanced
Domains, resilience, and evolution at scale.
Goal: safe change over time.
Architecture stays healthy when boundaries are clear and decisions are visible.
Games and labs
These short activities are here to keep your intuition sharp. Treat them like warm up drills before real work.
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Quick check: can you still think like an architect
Scenario: You have one team, one codebase, and you want clear boundaries without distributed ops. What style fits
Scenario: One service can be slow or down and you want to avoid blocking the caller. Why use a message queue
Scenario: Teams keep adding 'just one exception' and the system stops making sense. What is that pattern
Scenario: Two teams both own 'Customer' but mean different things. What concept helps
Scenario: A dependency slows down and your service retries aggressively. What resilience tactic helps
Scenario: Product wants speed, security wants checks. What is the architect's job
Scenario: You must change an API but cannot break clients. What is the safe default
What next
If diagrams still feel fuzzy, revisit Foundations. If integration or data felt heavy, revisit Intermediate. If domains and distributed patterns need time, revisit Advanced and pick one topic to go deeper on.
Be kind to yourself
Architecture is a team sport. You do not have to carry every detail in your head. Use notes, diagrams, and shared language.