Software Architecture Book Club

Chapter 8. Microkernel Architecture

Mark Richards, Neal Ford, Raju Gandhi Season 1 Episode 8

Our third monolithic (sometimes) architecture style is the micro-kernel architecture. We delve into how this is different than an architecture that just supports plug-ins, and talk about some of the great uses and dangers to watch out for. As with all our style chapters, we end with a discussion of the super powers and kryptonite of this style.