Product technical architecture decisions

Make informed technical architecture decisions for product scalability. Architecture decision process: 1. Define requirements: performance, scalability, compliance needs. 2. Research options: evaluate technologies, frameworks, cloud services. 3. Prototype: build proof-of-concepts for critical decisions. 4. Document trade-offs: benefits, drawbacks, costs of each option. 5. Decision review: technical team consensus on approach. Key decisions: 1. Monolith vs. microservices: start simple, split when needed. 2. Database choice: relational vs. NoSQL based on data structure. 3. Cloud strategy: single vs. multi-cloud, vendor lock-in considerations. 4. API design: REST vs. GraphQL, versioning strategy. 5. Frontend architecture: SPA vs. MPA, framework selection. Documentation: Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) for future reference. Non-functional requirements: security, performance, maintainability, compliance. Technical debt management: plan for refactoring, monitor system health metrics. Balance: current needs vs. future flexibility, time-to-market vs. technical excellence.