Tech radar, Vol.11

Platforms & Infrastructure

Adopt

1. 1AWS Landing Zone (Control Tower)

   Production-proven multi-account governance.

   Since Vol.3

2. 2Azure Landing Zones (CAF)

   Subscription vending with policy guardrails.

   Since Vol.5

3. 3Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE)

   De facto orchestration. Multi-cloud ready.

   Since Vol.1

4. 4Terraform

   IaC standard. Module registry for reuse.

   Since Vol.1

Trial

1. 5Crossplane

   Kubernetes-native infrastructure composition.

   Since Vol.9

2. 6OpenTofu

   Open-source Terraform fork. Monitoring license situation.

   Since Vol.10

Assess

1. 7Talos Linux

   Immutable, API-managed K8s OS. Promising for edge.

   New in Vol.11

Hold

1. 8CloudFormation (standalone)

   Vendor lock-in. Prefer Terraform or CDK.

   Since Vol.2

Languages, Frameworks & Tools

Adopt

1. 9ArgoCD

   GitOps for Kubernetes. Production standard.

   Since Vol.5

2. 10Nuxt / Vue 3

   Frontend framework for SSR/SPA enterprise portals.

   Since Vol.4

3. 11Symfony + API Platform

   Our default backend stack. Mature, performant, well-tested.

   Since Vol.1

Trial

1. 12Astro

   Content-heavy sites. Performance-first.

   Since Vol.10

2. 13Backstage

   IDP framework. Service catalog + golden paths.

   Since Vol.8

3. 14Go (for platform tooling)

   CLI tools, operators, and controllers.

   Since Vol.7

Assess

1. 15Deno 2

   Secure JS runtime. Watching enterprise adoption.

   New in Vol.11

Hold

1. 16BizTalk Server

   Legacy. Migrate to event-driven alternatives.

   Since Vol.1

2. 17jQuery (new projects)

   Legacy. Use vanilla JS or modern frameworks.

   Since Vol.1

Architecture & Patterns

Adopt

1. 18API-First Design

   Contract-first with OpenAPI + AsyncAPI.

   Since Vol.1

2. 19Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)

   Git-tracked. Every solution engagement starts here.

   Since Vol.1

3. 20C4 Model for documentation

   Standard for all architecture deliverables.

   Since Vol.2

4. 21Event-Driven Architecture

   Default for async integration. Kafka / Redis Streams.

   Since Vol.3

Trial

1. 22Data Mesh

   Organizational pattern for data ownership. Requires maturity.

   Since Vol.7

Assess

1. 23Cell-Based Architecture

   WSO2-inspired. Blast radius isolation beyond microservices.

   Since Vol.10

2. 24RAG Architecture Patterns

   Production-ready for document Q&A and knowledge bases.

   New in Vol.11

Hold

1. 25Monolithic ESB patterns

   Replace with lightweight EDA or API gateway.

   Since Vol.1

EA Tooling & Governance

Adopt

1. 26LeanIX

   IT portfolio management. Lightweight, fast adoption.

   Since Vol.4

2. 27MEGA HOPEX

   EA repository for regulated industries. Strong metamodel.

   Since Vol.3

3. 28Structurizr (C4 DSL)

   Architecture-as-code. CI-integrated C4 diagrams.

   Since Vol.5

Trial

1. 29Ardoq

   Lightweight EA tool with strong API. Good for agile orgs.

   Since Vol.9

2. 30FinOps Foundation FOCUS

   Open cost data format. Cross-cloud normalization.

   New in Vol.11

Hold

1. 31Spreadsheet-based portfolio management

   Unmaintainable at scale. Migrate to LeanIX or HOPEX.

   Since Vol.3

2. 32Visio-based architecture documentation

   Unversioned, unstructured. Move to C4/Structurizr.

   Since Vol.2