Architecture
ELI5 — The Vibe Check
Architecture is the master blueprint for your app — like deciding whether to build a house, apartment block, or skyscraper before laying a single brick. It's the big-picture decisions about how all the pieces fit together. Get it right early, or spend years paying for it.
Real Talk
Software architecture defines the high-level structure of a system: how components are organized, how they communicate, and what constraints govern their relationships. It encompasses decisions about deployment topology, data flow, technology choices, and quality attributes like scalability and maintainability.
When You'll Hear This
"We need to review the architecture before adding that feature." / "The architecture doesn't support real-time updates without major changes."
Related Terms
Clean Architecture
Clean Architecture is like an onion with strict rules: the inner layers (your core business logic) have absolutely no idea the outer layers (databases, API...
Design Pattern
Design patterns are like recipe cards for solving common coding problems.
Monolith
A monolith is one big application that does everything. User management, payments, emails, notifications — all in the same codebase, deployed together.
MVC (MVC)
MVC is like a restaurant: the Model is the kitchen (data and logic), the View is the plate of food (what the user sees), and the Controller is the waiter (...