--- title: Learning Software Architecture | daily.dev description: A response to an email about learning software design, written by the creator of rust-analyzer. Key insights include: software architecture is best learned by... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/learning-software-architecture-wad8q2niq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Learning Software Architecture | daily.dev og:description: A response to an email about learning software design, written by the creator of rust-analyzer. Key insights include: software architecture is best learned by... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/learning-software-architecture-wad8q2niq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WAD8Q2nIQ.png og:image:alt: Learning Software Architecture og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [matklad](https://daily.dev/sources/matklad) [Read post](https://api.daily.dev/r/WAD8Q2nIQ) # [Learning Software Architecture](https://api.daily.dev/r/WAD8Q2nIQ "Go to post") A response to an email about learning software design, written by the creator of rust-analyzer. Key insights include: software architecture is best learned by doing rather than formal study; Conway's Law means organizational incentives shape software quality more than technical knowledge; and adapting to incentive structures (rather than fighting them) is often necessary. The post uses rust-analyzer as a case study — deliberately lowering the bar for feature contributions while maintaining strict quality on the core spine, using catch\_unwind to isolate crashes. Concrete resource recommendations include Gary Bernhardt's Boundaries talk, writings by Pieter Hintjens on Conway's Law, and Software Engineering at Google. [#general-programming](/tags/general-programming "Check all #general-programming posts")[#testing](/tags/testing "Check all #testing posts")[#architecture](/tags/architecture "Check all #architecture posts") May 12•6m read time•From [matklad.github.io](https://api.daily.dev/r/WAD8Q2nIQ "matklad.github.io") [](https://api.daily.dev/r/WAD8Q2nIQ "Go to post") 163.4K Impressions109 Upvotes1 Comment Comment Bookmark Copy Share your thoughtsPost [](https://daily.dev/sources/matklad) [matklad](https://daily.dev/sources/matklad "https://daily.dev/sources/matklad") Matthias Noback's expertise in PHP and domain-driven design (DDD) offers readers insights into buil... Read more 33 Followers • 474 Upvotes #### Would you recommend this post? 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Conway’s Law and adapting to incentive structures are essential to consider, but it’s great to see it’s not all about the tech - it’s about understanding people and teams too","datePublished":"2026-05-15T06:23:34.079Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/WAD8Q2nIQ#c-gvxeYDxoZ","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"George Ongoro","url":"https://daily.dev/georgeongoro","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--jXl_MleY--/f_auto/v1779359556/avatars/avatar_JCfNZtLPNzTFifdLCBjRk?_a=BAMAMiWQ0"}}]} ```