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Re: Ask HN: Where can I see many examples of real companies' software architecture?

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AWS Summit is approaching. I usually find other teams, even nominal competitors, or hulking behemoths of industry, to be quite proud of what they've built, and generous with their battle tested knowledge. All you have to do is reach out and ask ;)

Great plan.

Additionally, there is a “This is my architecture” series on YouTube where AWS interviews users.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhr1KZpdzukdeX8mQ2qO73bg6...

https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/this-is-my-architecture/

Re: Ask HN: Where can I see many examples of real companies' software architecture?

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I guess searching YouTube is best for these things. https://martinfowler.com/ but I'm not sure if he touches the real world sometimes, it all feels very academic rather than pragmatic. I wonder if you'll find "good" outcomes though, it seems to most startups or companies bumble their way to an architecture that works for them. It might not be correct but it might be best way to build a company without architecting ev…

Most of MF's articles read like someone extremely intelligent but who last actually wrote code or worked on a real system in the late 90's.

Re: Ask HN: Where can I see many examples of real companies' software architecture?

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You can get a good view on some architectures from AOSA, thought it may not be as focused on web as you're looking for:

http://aosabook.org/en/index.html

A good example is Scalable Web Architecture and Distributed Systems by Kate Matsudaira:

http://aosabook.org/en/distsys.html

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