Solution Approaches

Architectural tactics and patterns that bridge quality requirements and concrete implementation decisions. Use dimension filters and A-Z jump links to narrow the list.

54 approaches, 48 aliases, across 9 dimensions.

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alphabetic list of solution approaches

A B C D E F H I L M N O P Q R S T 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-Method

supports: 5 trade-offs: 4

#reliable, #safe

Backends for Frontends

supports: 4 trade-offs: 3

#flexible, #efficient

BFF

alias of Backends for Frontends

Backpressure Propagation

supports: 4 trade-offs: 3

#reliable

Flow Control

alias of Backpressure Propagation

Blue-Green Deployment

supports: 4 trade-offs: 2

#operable, #reliable

Bulkheads

supports: 5 trade-offs: 4

#reliable

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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

Computational Overhead Reduction

supports: 4 trade-offs: 2

#efficient

Consumer-Driven Contracts

supports: 4 trade-offs: 2

#flexible, #reliable, #maintainable

Contract Testing

alias of Consumer-Driven Contracts

Content Delivery Network (CDN)

supports: 5 trade-offs: 3

#efficient, #operable

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Data Replication

supports: 3 trade-offs: 3

#reliable, #efficient

Read Replicas

alias of Data Replication

Database Sharding

supports: 5 trade-offs: 4

#efficient, #reliable

Defer Binding

supports: 4 trade-offs: 2

#flexible, #maintainable

Late Binding

alias of Defer Binding

Binding Time

alias of Defer Binding

Deferred Binding

alias of Defer Binding

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Encryption at Rest + in Transit

supports: 5 trade-offs: 3

#secure

Event Sourcing

supports: 5 trade-offs: 4

#flexible

Event-Driven Architecture

supports: 5 trade-offs: 3

#flexible, #operable

Externalized Business Rules

supports: 5 trade-offs: 4

#flexible

Rule Engine

alias of Externalized Business Rules

Decision Tables

alias of Externalized Business Rules

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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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Hexagonal Architecture

supports: 4 trade-offs: 2

#maintainable, #flexible

Ports and Adapters

alias of Hexagonal Architecture

Clean Architecture

alias of Hexagonal Architecture

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Increase Cohesion

supports: 4 trade-offs: 2

#maintainable, #flexible

Split Module

alias of Increase Cohesion

Redistribute Responsibilities

alias of Increase Cohesion

Increase Semantic Coherence

alias of Increase Cohesion

Input Sanitization / Output Encoding

supports: 5 trade-offs: 3

#secure

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Least Privilege

supports: 5 trade-offs: 3

#secure

Limit Access

alias of Least Privilege

Limit Event Response

supports: 4 trade-offs: 2

#efficient, #reliable

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Manage Event Arrival

supports: 4 trade-offs: 2

#efficient, #reliable

Service-Level Agreement

alias of Manage Event Arrival

Microservice Architecture

supports: 5 trade-offs: 4

#flexible, #operable

Microservices

alias of Microservice Architecture

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— N —