Revolutionizing Dynamics: Shifting Paradigms in Software Architecture
As with any field, the Evolution of Software Architecture is evident in the shifting paradigms of computing over time. In the 90s and early 2000s, servers held sway, relegating clients to the status of “dumb terminals.”
With the dawn of the 2010s, smartphones and stronger client machines shifted the computing to client-side. Thereby shifting the thought process of software craftsmanship. Here’s a timeline of the evolution that catches the major pillars of architecture evolution from 90’s through the present. It shows the journey how a typical client-server architecture that started just as an experiment has evolved into supporting millions and billions of requests per second.This showcases the remarkable evolution of software architecture over time.