I recently started studying styles of software architecture in different ways: by reading books by renowned architects and by trying to go a step further in my professional career. I have seen how different it is to be an architect from a developer; although these two roles have many points in common, the approach is different.

I don’t want to describe what it means to be a software architect in this article. I will summarize what I have been reading and learning about the different styles of software architecture categorized as monolithic or distributed.