Domain-Centric Architecture: The Adapter-First Trap and How to Escape It
June 30, 2026•978 words
The Disconnect Between Theory and Practice
In domain-centric architectures like Clean, Onion, or Hexagonal Architecture combined with Domain-Driven Design (DDD), the business domain model should drive everything. The domain layer is supposed to be the heart of the system — independent of frameworks, databases, or APIs, and technology-agnostic.
Yet, in customer projects, new features are often initiated by designing the database schema or REST API first. I repeatedly see colleagues, despite the...
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