About this article
Thank you for visiting this site. This article is a guide listing all 3 articles in the “Appendix” category of the Architecture Crash Course for the Generative-AI Era series.
The Appendix category collects cross-cutting reference articles for the entire series. An anti-pattern catalog (what not to do), a best-practice catalog (the safe defaults when in doubt), and a major-incident case study collection. Useful as a review after reading each category’s articles, or as a checklist during design reviews.
Article index
1. Anti-Pattern Catalog — A Reverse Lookup Before You’re Stuck
A reverse-lookup catalog of cross-domain anti-patterns organized into 9 categories. Covering infra, data, app, frontend, security, operations, organization, and AI-era traps — an early-warning reference for catching fatal mistakes before you’re stuck.
2. Best-Practice Catalog — When in Doubt, Default to These
A forward-lookup catalog of safe defaults across all domains on a single page. Shows the boring-tech-wins combinations and the AI-era standard configurations. The first reference to check when in doubt — guiding principles for systems that quietly run for five years.
3. Major Incident Case Studies — Lessons from the Industry’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Tuition
Deep dives into 11 major incidents that made industry history — Knight Capital, Equifax, SolarWinds, CrowdStrike, and more. Understand how mundane operational mistakes become multi-billion-dollar losses and learn the prescriptions to avoid the same fate.
Summary
This article listed all 3 articles in the Appendix category of the Architecture Crash Course for the Generative-AI Era series.
The three Appendix articles work well as a review after finishing the series, or as a checklist before design reviews. The anti-pattern catalog and incident case studies in particular are invaluable references for “learning from failure.”
For the overall series structure and other categories, see the master series index.
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