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Why Design Patterns Are Really About Boundaries (Not Architecture)
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Why Design Patterns Are Really About Boundaries (Not Architecture)

Most developers learn MVC, Factory, and Repository as "good architecture" without understanding WHY they work. This video reveals the mental model shift: these patterns are boundaries that absorb change so your core code doesn't have to.

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