arc42 Section 8: Crosscutting Concepts

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This section captures overarching principles, patterns, and solutions that apply across multiple building blocks. It is the most flexible section in arc42 — only document what is genuinely architecturally significant for this system.

Crosscutting test: Before documenting any concept, apply this filter: Does this pattern or approach apply to 2 or more building blocks? If yes — it belongs here. If only one component is affected — it belongs in that component's black-box description in Section 5, not here.

Standard practices trap: "We use structured logging" or "we use REST" is not architecturally significant on its own. Only document something here if there is something specific about how THIS system applies it — a non-obvious choice, a system-wide constraint, or a pattern that all components must follow consistently.

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