# Architecture Principles

## Core Principles

- Keep solutions simple and focused on the problem at hand.
- Prefer readability and maintainability over cleverness.
- Small functions and modules that do one thing well.
- Use clear and descriptive names for variables, functions, and classes.
- Avoid premature optimization; optimize only when necessary.
- Avoid over-engineering; build only what is needed for the current problem.
- Clear boundaries between components to promote separation of concerns.
- Prefer to maintainability over perfection

## Delivery Principles

Prefer:
- small specs
- iterative delivery
- vertical slices of functionality
- simple APIs
- clear documentation
- understandable code

Avoid:
- giant upfront architecture
- premature optimization
- speculative abstractions
- over-engineering
- unnecessary complexity
- unnecessary microservices