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Reference Architectures

Blueprints your teams can adopt — versioned, governed, and measured.

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Multi-region active-active platform

Edge

Global LBCDNWAF

Application

Order SvcPayment SvcInventory Svc

Data

Postgres (multi-AZ)Event BusCache

What it is

A reference architecture is a vetted, reusable blueprint for a recurring problem: a multi-region platform, an event-driven backbone, a zero-trust mesh. Instead of every team reinventing the pattern, they adopt a governed one and contribute back.

Layered blueprint

Edge, application, data, and platform layers laid out with the components and their relationships.

Backed by decisions

Each blueprint is grounded in the ADRs and standards that justify its shape.

Adoption-aware

Track which teams have adopted the pattern and where they’ve diverged.

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ADR

Decision Records

Capture the why behind every choice

RFC

RFCs

Propose and debate changes in the open

PRN

Principles

The beliefs that guide every decision

STD

Standards

The guardrails teams build within

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