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SaaS Architecture Decisions That Actually Matter Early
Not every architecture decision needs to be right on day one. These four do — because they're expensive to reverse once you have paying customers.
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Nafiz Anam
Lead Software Engineer
April 3, 2024
8 min read
Decisions You Can Change Later
Framework choice, hosting provider, even your database ORM — all reversible with effort but not catastrophic.
Decisions You Can't
- Multi-tenancy model (shared schema vs. isolated)
- Primary key strategy for data you'll migrate
- Auth/session architecture
- Billing model assumptions baked into the data model
Spend your early-stage architecture time here, not on framework debates.
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