As new architectures and frameworks continually emerge, comprehending, evaluating, and applying them becomes challenging. Returning to fundamentals is essential to understand the software design, its intent, and its purpose. This talk will introduce the “First Principles” methodology and explore how it can help improve our software architecting skills. We will break down common architectures, identify the foundational building blocks, and re-compose them into flexible and adaptable framework. == Topics include: == Attendees will gain: