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AI 101 · Composable architecture

What is composable architecture?

Assembling a system from best-fit components connected by APIs, so any one can be replaced without rebuilding the rest.

In one sentence

Assembling a system from best-fit components connected by APIs, so any one can be replaced without rebuilding the rest.

Why it matters to a business

It buys optionality, and it costs integration work. Done without senior architecture it produces a distributed monolith, which is worse than what it replaced.

Composable vs MACH

MACH is a specific set of four principles: microservices, API-first, cloud-native, headless. Composable is the broader idea of assembling replaceable parts. Every MACH system is composable. Not every composable system is MACH.

What is MACH architecture?
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Composable architecture, in questions

The same answer, in the shape people ask it.

What is composable architecture?

Assembling a system from best-fit components connected by APIs, so any one can be replaced without rebuilding the rest.

Why does Composable architecture matter to a business?

It buys optionality, and it costs integration work. Done without senior architecture it produces a distributed monolith, which is worse than what it replaced.

Composable vs MACH: what is the difference?

MACH is a specific set of four principles: microservices, API-first, cloud-native, headless. Composable is the broader idea of assembling replaceable parts. Every MACH system is composable. Not every composable system is MACH.

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