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IT Architects Alliance

Apr 12, 2022 · Backend Development

Critiquing Business Middle Platforms: Problems and Solutions

The article analyzes Alibaba's business middle platform strategy, exposing its inefficiencies caused by deep coupling, high collaboration, cognitive, and stability costs, and proposes practical solutions such as thinning business capabilities, strengthening platform services, decoupling via service-oriented architecture, and adopting Platform-as-Code with componentization.