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bmitc on Feb 7, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: All programming philosophies are about state

I think paradigms rather than philosophies is a better term.

kolme on Feb 7, 2023 [–]

OO / FP are paradigms. Monolith / microservices are architectures. Paradigm and architecture are orthogonal.

I guess the author used "philosophies" because they are mixing pears and apples, so the most specific word that can be stretched enough to encompass those concepts is "philosophy".

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