atlas

Purpose

Define system structure, service boundaries, and high-level design before implementation starts to sprawl.

Why it matters

When architecture is weak, services drift, interfaces harden in the wrong places, and operational complexity shows up late.

Scope

This repo focuses on architecture notes, design reasoning, and multi-service boundary decisions. It does not try to be an implementation repo or a generic notes dump.

System Role

atlas is the architecture layer for the portfolio ecosystem. It frames the boundaries that later show up in service, API, and platform repos.

System Connections

• Depends on: requirements from product and platform repos, plus lessons from runtime behavior.
• Feeds into: forge, gateway, mesh.
• Interacts with: summit, nimbus, orbit.

Core Concepts

• service boundaries
• domain separation
• interface contracts
• tradeoff analysis
• failure-aware design

Minimal Artifact

docs/case-studies/multi-tenant-saas.md is the starter architecture note for a multi-service system.

Notes

Architecture here is meant to stay concrete. The useful output is a clearer system shape, not abstract framework language.

Next Steps

Add more case studies covering event flows, integration boundaries, and runtime failure scenarios.