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Enterprise Software: what changes when the product needs to operate as a platform

Scale, availability, compliance, and integration stop being “extras” and become survival requirements. A practical guide to the trade-offs and decisions that separate a common system from an enterprise platform.

Not every bug is an incident — and not every incident is a bug

Bugs and incidents are not synonyms. Understand the difference between technical defect and operational impact, and see why the same problem can end up in the backlog or require an urgent production response.

Law of Demeter: reduce coupling and stop chaining

Enough “train wrecks”: apply the Law of Demeter to cut coupling, simplify tests, and protect your domain. See when to use it (and when to ignore it).

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