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title: "The heart of software architecture"
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updated: 2026-07-02
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# The heart of software architecture

> Imported source page from Denys Poltorak's *Architectural Metapatterns* wiki. Source path: `Analytics/The heart of software architecture/The heart of software architecture.md`.

As the visible world boils down to protons and neutrons which stick together in various combinations, so too does the entirety of software architecture as a field of endeavor grow from an interplay of *cohesion* and *decoupling*.

## Contents:

- [[wiki/concepts/source/analytics/cohesers-and-decouplers|Cohesers and decouplers]]
- [[wiki/concepts/source/analytics/deconstructing-patterns|Deconstructing patterns]]
- [[wiki/concepts/source/analytics/choose-your-own-architecture|Choose your own architecture]]