Vol. I. 2026 · No. 1. February
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Reference Architectures

Diagrams worth a thousand words — and a thousand decisions.

Annotated system diagrams for common and uncommon architectural patterns: microservices topologies, edge deployments, AI pipelines, data infrastructure, and more. Each diagram is designed to be a practical starting point, not an idealised abstraction.

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RAG Pipeline — Production Architecture

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End-to-end reference architecture for a Retrieval-Augmented Generation system: ingest, embed, index, query, and rerank stages.

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RAGLLMsVector DatabasesAI Agents

Edge-First API Architecture

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Reference topology for deploying API logic at the network edge using Cloudflare Workers and Durable Objects, with origin fallback.

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Edge ComputingServerlessCloudflareAPI Design

Event-Driven Microservices — Reference Architecture

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A canonical reference diagram for event-driven microservices with a message broker, event store, and multiple consumers. Includes Kafka topology layers.

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MicroservicesEvent-Driven ArchitectureKafkaDistributed Systems

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