Dark energy and dark matter

Dark matter and dark energy are mysterious concepts invented by astrophysicists in order to explain certain astronomical observations. Dark energy is an anti-gravity that is forcing matter apart and accelerating the expansion of the universe. Dark matter is an invisible matter that has a gravitational effect on stars and galaxies. They are excellent metaphors for the repulsive and attractive forces that must be resolved when designing an architecture.

Dark energy:

There are five dark energy forces that act on subdomains and encourage the partitioning of subdomains into multiple services:

• Simple components
• Team autonomy
• Fast deployment pipeline
• Support multiple technology stacks
• Segregate by characteristics

Dark matter:

There are five dark matter attractive forces that resist decomposition:

• Simple interactions
• Efficient interactions
• Prefer ACID over BASE
• Minimize runtime coupling
• Minimize design time coupling

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