Tag: architecture
Service Mesh
Infrastructure layer handling service-to-service communication — mutual TLS, observability, retries, circuit breaking, and traffic shaping without application code changes.
3mo ago
Architecture advanced
Shared Kernel
A DDD strategic pattern where two bounded contexts intentionally share a small subset of the domain model — requiring tight coordination between teams but reducing duplication.
3mo ago
Architecture advanced
Sidecar Pattern
Deploying a helper container alongside the main application container in the same pod — extending functionality (logging, proxying, TLS) without modifying the application.
3mo ago
Architecture advanced
Security by Design
PHP 5.0+
4
Integrating security requirements into software architecture and design from the very beginning, rather than bolting it on afterwards.
OWASP A5:2021
3mo ago
Security intermediate
Separation of Concerns
Organising code so that each part addresses a distinct concern — business logic, data access, presentation — with minimal overlap.
3mo ago
General beginner
Service Locator Anti-Pattern
A class that fetches its own dependencies from a global registry — hiding them from the constructor signature and making dependencies implicit, untestable, and hard to trace.
3mo ago
Architecture intermediate
Specification Pattern
PHP 5.0+
Encapsulating business rules as composable objects that evaluate whether a candidate satisfies them — separating rules from entity code.
3mo ago
Architecture intermediate
Stored Procedures vs Application Logic
PHP 5.0+
Stored procedures execute business logic inside the database — close to data but hard to test, version, and deploy. Application logic is more maintainable but requires more round-trips.
3mo ago
Database intermediate
Strangler Fig Pattern
PHP 5.0+
1
Incrementally replace a legacy system by routing new requests to a new implementation while the old system handles the rest.
3mo ago
Code Quality intermediate