Reference Architectures Are Lying to You

Short summary

Reference architectures from cloud providers, consultancies, and CNCF are optimized for their own agendas, not your needs. Start with the problems your developers actually face, and deploy components only if they solve a concrete problem. The best architectures look nothing like the diagrams—they're purpose-built for your context.

• •Reference architectures are optimized for providers' products, not your actual needs
• •Always ask: what specific problem does this component solve for our engineers?
• •Start with real developer problems, not architectural diagrams

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