architecture-patterns

Choosing architectural patterns requires evaluating scalability needs, team size, and domain complexity against styles like Clean Architecture, Hexagonal, and Domain-Driven Design. This decision framework provides practical criteria to match your system requirements with the appropriate structural pattern.

Applying Domain-Driven Design to a monolith involves separating core business rules from infrastructure using defined layer boundaries. This Skill provides layering recommendations and boundary definitions to guide the migration and isolate your core domain logic effectively.

Use Hexagonal Architecture when you need strict isolation of business logic via ports and adapters, whereas Clean Architecture focuses on dependency inversion across layers. This Skill outlines when to use each pattern based on your specific scalability and domain complexity criteria.

Yes, you can use these architectural patterns for a new payments service by proposing a suitable style, outlining layer boundaries, and creating a migration plan. The framework supports design tasks across software projects of varying complexity to ensure scalable infrastructure.

Limitations of layered architecture arise when strict layering creates unnecessary overhead or fails to fully encapsulate complex business domains. This Skill identifies when layering rules become restrictive and advises transitioning to Hexagonal or Domain-Driven Design for better domain alignment.