4 articles
A side-by-side comparison of layered, Clean, Hexagonal, Onion, Vertical Slice, Modular Monolith, Plugin and microservices, with criteria, ratings, scenarios and a decision procedure. For architects choosing or reviewing a structure.
What Ports & Adapters is, how it differs from Clean and Onion, and how to apply it to a tool with many inputs and devices. For architects who want a testable core with less ceremony than full Clean Architecture.
What a plug-in (microkernel) architecture is, the design decisions behind contracts, loading, isolation and versioning, and how to apply it to a configuration tool with many device families. For architects designing or reviewing extensible tools.
What Clean Architecture is, when it fits and when it does not, and how to apply and enforce it. For architects choosing or reviewing a layered design, with a worked example for a configuration tool.