Engineering Glossary

What is Composable Architecture?

Building systems from modular, interchangeable API components.

Definition

The modern enterprise standard of assembling best-of-breed microservices (e.g., Auth0 for identity, Stripe for payments, Algolia for search) via APIs, rather than buying a single, rigid monolithic ERP.

Key Benefits

Vendor agility
Best-in-class features
Rapid prototyping