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1. 1. Architecture at T-Bank: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

2. 2. Architecture guides significant decisions

   Structure — A high-level system of relationships

   Abstraction — Composition and boundaries

   Principles — Trade-offs and decision style

3. 3. Architecture reveals the terrain

   Building

   Static form

   Visible facade

   One object

   Map

   Terrain and constraints

   Several routes

   Changing environment

4. 4. Scale changed the architecture response

5. 5. Packaged software accelerates the start

   Benefits

   Lower initial cost

   Fast deployment

   Proven reliability

   Vendor support

   Boundary

   Regular upgrades

   Industry standards

   Someone else's product model

6. 6. In-house code restores control

   Gain

   Product change

   Own data model

   Own release rhythm

   Price

   Long-term costs

   Security

   Integration

   Vendor dependencies

7. 7. In-house development complicates the pipeline

8. 8. 03. Platforms turn complexity into service

   Spirit gives engineers a self-service path from repository to operations

9. 9. The platform connects build and run

10. 10. An IDP works only through adoption

    Self-service — Golden paths instead of tickets

    Guardrails — Quality and security in the pipeline

    Feedback — SLA, observability and incidents

11. 11. 04. Governance connects autonomy

    Architecture becomes a process, an artifact and a shared engineering practice

12. 12. Experience becomes a standard

13. 13. Changes need different strategies

    Prometheus — Replace a critical dependency

    100M — Architecture renovation

    IT as Lego — Reuse stable parts

14. 14. Architecture stays with engineers

15. 15. The next stage is reusable architecture

    Invest in IDP and XaaS

    Develop engineer design skills

    Strengthen distributed governance

    Stop calling everything a platform

    Design for reuse

    Platform and architecture grow together

16. 16. The story is source-verifiable

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17. 17. Thank you!

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    Alexander Polomodov, Technical Director & Fellow, T-Technologies

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