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Youssef Abdulaziz
Youssef Abdulaziz

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Learned Fundamentals of Frontend Architecture

Just wrapped up the Fundamentals of Frontend Architecture course on frontendatscale.com by Maxi Ferreira —and honestly, it flipped the way I think about building frontends.

Frontend isn’t just components and APIs—it’s architecture:
🔹 How do you make a codebase scalable as the team grows?
🔹 How do you balance DX vs performance?
🔹 How do you make sure your design decisions last longer than the sprint?

Some of my favorite insights:
✨ Thinking in architectural drivers (what really shapes your system)
✨ Using the C4 model to visualize architecture clearly
✨ Riskstorming before coding—spotting problems early
✨ Documenting with ADRs so decisions don’t get lost in Slack threads

The best part? It made me look at frontend less like “features shipping” and more like designing systems that can evolve.
If you’re a frontend dev aiming to level up to architect thinking, this is 100% worth it. 🔥

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