BasicDesignTenets

Basic Design Tenets

1. Scalability and elasticity are our main goals
2. Any feature that limits our main goals must be optional
3. Everything should be asynchronous
   • a) If you can't do something asynchronously, see #2
4. All required components must be horizontally scalable
5. Always use shared nothing architecture (SN) or sharding
   • a) If you can't Share nothing/shard, see #2
6. Distribute everything
   • a) Especially logic. Move logic to where state naturally exists.
7. Accept eventual consistency and use it everywhere you can.
8. Test everything.
   • a) We require tests with submitted code. (We will help you if you need it)