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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.

What made you think that?

Just curious, last time I happened to read anything from Thoughtworks was quite a long time ago.

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

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> Other than some very high-profile companies (like Netflix, github) ... it's hard for me to find easily digestible (20-60 mins) examples

So I think this doesn't meet your requirements, but I like Tech Dummies Narendra L's YouTube videos [0]. He introduces big tech companies' systems in 30-60min videos and it's not difficult to understand.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkQkbY7JNJuBoTemzQfjy...

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