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To design software architecture using Domain-Driven Design and Clean Architecture, structure your backend logic into modular monoliths. This enforces patterns like Ports and Adapters to ensure modularity, maintainability, and prevent tight coupling.

The best way to refactor a monolithic application into a modular monolith is by applying Domain-Driven Design principles. This process separates core domains, enforces Clean Architecture boundaries, and prevents common anti-patterns like fat controllers and ORM leaks.

You can use this architectural approach for both backend logic and complex full-stack applications. It applies structural system design principles to ensure clean boundaries, modularity, and maintainability across the entire software system.

Software architecture suffers from tight coupling when structural boundaries are unclear. Fix it by applying Clean Architecture and Ports and Adapters patterns, which isolate core domains and prevent common anti-patterns like fat controllers and ORM leaks.

You need a modular monolith when your standard monolithic application becomes difficult to maintain. By applying Domain-Driven Design, this approach enforces modularity and prevents anti-patterns, ensuring a scalable and clean structural system design.