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Micro Platform Architecture

Simpler Software, Faster and More Flexible Software Interaction

Micro Platform Architecture
This book is 90% completeLast updated on 2026-11-01
Jakob Jenkov

Micro platform architecture is a software architecture style that turns your software into a micro platform. Turning your software into a micro platform gives the users of your software greater flexibility in how they interact with your software. Your software could become simpler too – and the interaction with your software could become faster. There are other benefits to micro platform architecture too.

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Micro platform architecture is a software architecture style that turns your software into a micro platform. Turning your software into a micro platform gives the users of your software greater flexibility in how they interact with your software. Your software could become simpler too – and the interaction with your software could become faster. There are other benefits to micro platform architecture too, such as:

- Simpler software

  - Reducing the compositional overhead

  - The core of the software becomes protocol-independent

  - An interaction model that works for many kinds of software (services, applications, CLI tasks, etc.).

  - The interface of the software becomes easier to test

- Faster software interaction

  - Round-trip reduction via multiple service interactions per script

  - Batch scripts

  - Reduced latency via streamed execution and responses

  - Response shaping

- More flexible software interaction

  - Protocol independence

  - Interaction via message queues

  - Composable interactions

  - Two-way micro platform interaction

- AI-ready interaction mechanism

- Enables emergent behaviour

In this book I will dive deeper into what I mean by a micro platform, how you turn your software into a micro platform, which benefits you get, and a few pitfalls to watch out for.

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Jakob Jenkov

I am a software architect, senior Java developer and Java Champion, Rust dabler, design thinker, and writer / publisher.

I have worked with web development and enterprise software development since 1998 - mostly consulting for larger companies. The later years I have taken a step back from development to focus on software architecture an the business context in which it exists. I prefers a scientific approach to problem solving (first-principles design thinking), favouring deep analysis and evidence over shallow understanding, assumptions and opinions whenever possible.

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  1. Part One: Micro Platform Architecture Defined

Introduction to Micro Platform Architecture

  1. Creating a Micro Platform
  2. Similar to Interacting With Databases
  3. From Polymorph to Micro Platform Architecture

Micro Platform Architecture – Step by Step

  1. Step 1: The Script – a Repeatable Interaction Mechanism
  2. Step 2: The Virtual Machine – The Interaction Interface
  3. Step 3: The External Functions
  4. Step 4: The Output Listener
  5. Part Two: Micro Platform Architecture Benefits

Benefits of Micro Platform Architecture

Reducing the Compositional Overhead

  1. Scripts to the Rescue

Protocol Independent Software Interaction

  1. Scripts to the Rescue

A Versatile Interaction Model

Easier Interface Testing

Round-trip Reduction

  1. Multiple Interactions Per Script
  2. Interaction Limits

Batch Scripts

  1. SQL Batch Updates
  2. Mixing Operations Within a Script

Reduced Latency via Streamed Execution and Responses

Response Shaping

More Flexible Software Interaction

  1. Protocol Independence
  2. Composable Interactions
  3. Composable Media
  4. Scripts as Macros
  5. Two-way micro platform interaction

AI-ready Interaction Mechanism

Emergent Behaviour

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