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Well Architected Framework

General Guiding Principles

  • Stop guessing your capacity needs
  • [[Test]] systems at [[production scale]]
  • Automate to make [[architectural expermentation]] easier
  • Allow for [[evolutionary architecture]]s
    • Design based on [[changing requirements]]
  • Drive architectures using data
  • Improve through [[game day]]s
    • [[Simulate application]]s for flash sale days

5 Pillars

Well Architected Examples

They are not something to balance or trade-offs, they're a synergy.

Well-Architected Tool