# Architecture Learning Paths

## Guide hubs that turn broad research intent into product-grounded architecture workflows.

These guide categories map to real cloud, data, reliability, and governance work. They bring together explainers, checklists, tradeoff pages, and practical walkthroughs so technical teams can move from search to action.

### Guide categories

- **Cloud Architecture**  
  Foundations, topology decisions, and reference patterns for production-ready cloud systems.  
  - [50 pages](/content/en/guides/cloud-architecture/index.html)  
  - cloud architecture patterns  
  - system architecture design  
  - cloud design best practices

- **AWS Architecture**  
  AWS-specific design choices for networking, compute, storage, resilience, and cost.  
  - [50 pages](/content/en/guides/aws-architecture/index.html)  
  - aws reference architecture  
  - aws design best practices  
  - aws infrastructure planning

- **Azure Architecture**  
  Azure landing zones, identity strategy, networking, and enterprise delivery patterns.  
  - [50 pages](/content/en/guides/azure-architecture/index.html)  
  - azure landing zone architecture  
  - azure design patterns  
  - azure infrastructure architecture

- **GCP Architecture**  
  GCP organization design, network policy, data platforms, and production reliability patterns.  
  - [50 pages](/content/en/guides/gcp-architecture/index.html)  
  - google cloud architecture  
  - gcp reference architecture  
  - gcp design patterns

- **Kubernetes and Cloud Native**  
  Cluster design, workload placement, platform standards, and runtime reliability for Kubernetes teams.  
  - [50 pages](/content/en/guides/kubernetes-cloud-native/index.html)  
  - cloud native architecture  
  - kubernetes best practices  
  - platform engineering kubernetes

- **Microservices and Distributed Systems**  
  Service boundaries, communication choices, resilience patterns, and operational concerns for distributed software.  
  - [50 pages](/content/en/guides/microservices-distributed-systems/index.html)  
  - distributed systems design  
  - microservices best practices  
  - service architecture review

- **Database Design**  
  Schema modeling, normalization tradeoffs, indexing, migrations, and operational readiness for data systems.  
  - [50 pages](/content/en/guides/database-design/index.html)  
  - database schema design  
  - best practices  
  - sql modeling guide

- **System Design Reviews**  
  Repeatable review frameworks for architecture proposals, design docs, and implementation readiness.  
  - [50 pages](/content/en/guides/system-design-reviews/index.html)  
  - architecture review process  
  - design review checklist  
  - technical design review

- **DevOps and CI/CD**  
  Delivery pipelines, environment promotion, release automation, and platform operational readiness.  
  - [50 pages](/content/en/guides/devops-cicd/index.html)  
  - ci cd best practices  
  - delivery pipeline architecture  
  - platform engineering pipeline design

- **Observability and SRE**  
  Reliability budgets, alerting, incident response, and observability architecture for service owners.  
  - [50 pages](/content/en/guides/observability-sre/index.html)  
  - sre architecture  
  - error budget guide  
  - incident response engineering

- **Security Architecture**  
  Threat modeling, trust boundaries, access controls, and secure design decisions for software teams.  
  - [50 pages](/content/en/guides/security-architecture/index.html)  
  - application security architecture  
  - cloud security design  
  - threat modeling architecture

- **Compliance and Governance**  
  Policies, control mapping, ownership models, and governance mechanisms for modern cloud estates.  
  - [50 pages](/content/en/guides/compliance-governance/index.html)  
  - compliance architecture  
  - governance framework cloud  
  - control mapping guide

- **Infrastructure as Code**  
  Terraform, Pulumi, and Kubernetes delivery patterns for reviewable, governable infrastructure changes.  
  - [50 pages](/content/en/guides/infrastructure-as-code/index.html)  
  - terraform best practices  
  - iac architecture  
  - infrastructure code review

- **Scalability and Performance**  
  Capacity models, bottleneck analysis, and performance planning across applications and platforms.  
  - [50 pages](/content/en/guides/scalability-performance/index.html)  
  - performance architecture  
  - capacity planning guide  
  - scale readiness review

- **Reliability and Resilience**  
  Availability objectives, failover choices, recovery planning, and resilience verification patterns.  
  - [50 pages](/content/en/guides/reliability-resilience/index.html)  
  - resilience engineering architecture  
  - high availability design  
  - disaster recovery architecture

- **SaaS and Multi-Tenant Systems**  
  Tenant isolation, billing boundaries, operational control planes, and SaaS platform design patterns.  
  - [50 pages](/content/en/guides/saas-multi-tenant/index.html)  
  - saas architecture  
  - multi-tenant system design  
  - tenant isolation patterns

- **Data and Analytics Platforms**  
  Warehouse, lakehouse, streaming, and governance decisions for data platform teams.  
  - [50 pages](/content/en/guides/data-analytics-platforms/index.html)  
  - analytics architecture  
  - data warehouse design  
  - lakehouse architecture guide

- **API and Integration Architecture**  
  Contract design, integration patterns, rate control, and operational visibility for APIs and platforms.  
  - [50 pages](/content/en/guides/api-integration-architecture/index.html)  
  - integration architecture  
  - api design review  
  - service integration patterns

- **Hybrid, Multi-Cloud, and Migration**  
  Estate mapping, migration sequencing, landing zones, and target-state design across environments.  
  - [50 pages](/content/en/guides/hybrid-multi-cloud-migration/index.html)  
  - multi-cloud migration plan  
  - hybrid cloud architecture  
  - cloud migration design