System & Software Architecture
Decisions you can defend
For senior engineers and tech leads expected to make architecture calls — monolith or microservices, strong or eventual consistency, where the queue goes — without ever having been taught how.
The problem
Sound familiar?
You got promoted into architecture decisions and nobody ever taught you how to make them — you’re guessing with confidence.
“Should this be a microservice?” gets answered by fashion and blog posts, not by trade-offs.
The moment someone asks “why did you do it this way?” in a review, you reach for “best practice” because you never learned to name the cost.
Six months later nobody remembers why the architecture is the way it is — the reasoning evaporated into a Slack thread.
What you leave with
What you walk away with
Not notes — artifacts you built yourself, ready to use on Monday.
A working trade-off vocabulary: load-bearing vs reversible decisions, and the cost attached to every pattern
Day 1 artifacts: boundary diagram, monolith/modular/microservices trade-off matrix, data-ownership + consistency map, annotated cache/queue flow, one written ADR
Day 2 artifacts: a capacity-estimation worksheet and two systems designed end-to-end as C4-style diagrams — one defended under structured review
Take-home tools: an architecture review checklist and an ADR template, usable at work Monday
The proof
Why this course delivers
2
systems designed end-to-end
1
design defended under review
0
patterns taught without their cost
Every pattern taught with its stated cost — the course’s spine is trade-offs, not fashion
Two full systems designed and defended per attendee — a wall of your own diagrams and ADRs, not slides about architecture
Built on real production architecture experience — the trainer runs 60+ repositories on written architecture conventions
Questions
Frequently asked
Who is System & Software Architecture for?
For senior engineers and tech leads expected to make architecture calls — monolith or microservices, strong or eventual consistency, where the queue goes — without ever having been taught how.
What do I walk away with?
Artifacts you built yourself, not notes — including:
- A working trade-off vocabulary: load-bearing vs reversible decisions, and the cost attached to every pattern
- Day 1 artifacts: boundary diagram, monolith/modular/microservices trade-off matrix, data-ownership + consistency map, annotated cache/queue flow, one written ADR
- Day 2 artifacts: a capacity-estimation worksheet and two systems designed end-to-end as C4-style diagrams — one defended under structured review
Is this training hands-on or lecture-based?
Hands-on. Our trainings are taught by practitioners who ship production software daily — you spend the sessions building, breaking and fixing real things, not watching slides.
Is it delivered online or in person?
Delivery format and duration are decided per run — some runs are physical, some online. The details for each scheduled session are announced when registration opens.
How do I register, and how much does it cost?
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