V3 DDD Architecture

Decomposing a god object into bounded contexts involves analyzing orchestrator responsibilities and splitting the monolith into domain-specific modules with clear interfaces. This domain-driven decomposition establishes clean architecture layers and decoupled boundaries for better maintainability.

The microkernel pattern for domain modularity establishes a minimal core kernel wired to a plugin system, enabling modular plugins to extend capabilities without touching core domains. This architecture separates core orchestration from extended functionality.

Applying clean architecture layers when splitting a monolith involves establishing decoupled layers, shared kernels, and domain boundaries through context mapping. This separates core domain logic from infrastructure, ensuring testability and modular bounded contexts.

Context mapping works with a plugin-ready microkernel architecture by establishing domain boundaries and shared kernels while enabling modular plugins to extend capabilities. The microkernel loads plugins without touching core domains, maintaining decoupled context boundaries.

You should avoid using domain-driven design to refactor an orchestrator when the monolith lacks complex domain logic or clear responsibility boundaries. If routing is purely stateless, bounded contexts and clean architecture layers introduce unnecessary decoupling overhead.