Architecture Styles — Reference & Selector

Distilled from Software Architecture Patterns, 2nd ed. (Mark Richards, O'Reilly 2022). This skill answers one question: given a system/service/feature and its driving requirements, which macro architecture style (or hybrid) fits — and what does the book warn me about if I pick it? It also doubles as a quick reference for each style.

This is style selection, not code review. For where code belongs use model-lens; for coupling/trade-offs use architect-lens; for tactical DDD use ddd-tactical.

How to run a selection