Solution Approaches

Solution approaches are architectural tactics and patterns that bridge quality requirements and concrete implementation decisions. Use dimension filters and A-Z jump links to quickly narrow down this list.

We currently explain 29 solution approaches (plus 7 aliases), across 8 dimensions.

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Solution Approaches

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alphabetic list of solution approaches

A B C D E F I L P R S W

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A/B Testing

supports: 4 trade-offs: 2

#suitable, #usable

Split Testing

alias of A/B Testing

Online Controlled Experiment

alias of A/B Testing

API Gateway

supports: 6 trade-offs: 3

#secure, #operable, #reliable

Asynchronous Messaging

supports: 5 trade-offs: 5

#efficient, #flexible

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— B —

B-Method

supports: 5 trade-offs: 4

#reliable, #safe

Blue-Green Deployment

supports: 4 trade-offs: 2

#operable, #reliable

Bulkheads

supports: 5 trade-offs: 4

#reliable

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— C —

CQRS

supports: 5 trade-offs: 4

#efficient, #flexible

Caching

supports: 3 trade-offs: 4

#efficient, #reliable

Canary Deployment

supports: 4 trade-offs: 2

#operable, #reliable

Scale Rollouts

alias of Canary Deployment

Circuit Breaker

supports: 4 trade-offs: 2

#reliable, #operable

Content Delivery Network (CDN)

supports: 5 trade-offs: 3

#efficient, #operable

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— D —

Database Sharding

supports: 5 trade-offs: 4

#efficient, #reliable

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— E —

Encryption at Rest + in Transit

supports: 5 trade-offs: 3

#secure

Event-Driven Architecture

supports: 5 trade-offs: 3

#flexible, #operable

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Fail-Safe Defaults

supports: 6 trade-offs: 3

#safe, #reliable

Feature Degradation

supports: 4 trade-offs: 3

#reliable, #usable

Feature Toggles

supports: 5 trade-offs: 4

#flexible, #operable

Fine-Grained Authorization (RBAC/ABAC)

supports: 7 trade-offs: 4

#secure

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Input Sanitization / Output Encoding

supports: 5 trade-offs: 3

#secure

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— L —

Least Privilege

supports: 5 trade-offs: 3

#secure

Limit Access

alias of Least Privilege

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— P —

Plugin Architecture

supports: 4 trade-offs: 3

#flexible

Plug-in (Microkernel)

alias of Plugin Architecture

Progressive Disclosure

supports: 4 trade-offs: 3

#usable

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— R —

Rate Limiting

supports: 5 trade-offs: 4

#secure, #reliable

Throttling

alias of Rate Limiting

Responsive Design

supports: 3 trade-offs: 3

#usable

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Safety Interlocks

supports: 6 trade-offs: 3

#safe

Saga Pattern

supports: 5 trade-offs: 3

#reliable, #flexible

Secret Management

supports: 6 trade-offs: 3

#secure, #operable

Strong Authentication (MFA / OIDC)

supports: 6 trade-offs: 3

#secure

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Watchdog Supervision

supports: 6 trade-offs: 3

#safe, #reliable

Monitor

alias of Watchdog Supervision

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