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Conway's Law: Why Your Software Architecture Mirrors Your Org Chart
Conway's Law states that organizations design systems that mirror their communication structures. A 2012 MIT and Harvard study found a strong correlation between team communication patterns and code modularity. The law is an inevitable constraint: if teams don't communicate, their services won't integrate efficiently.
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This is a classic reminder that no amount of microservices or tooling can fix organizational silos—architecture will always reflect the human structures that produce it.
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