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Single Responsibility, the Distorted Principle

Argues that the Single Responsibility Principle is widely misunderstood as "do only one thing" when it actually means cohesive grouping of behaviors under a single accountable responsibility — and that over-granularizing classes violates the very cognitive simplicity SRP is meant to provide.

Jun 04, 2026 · tech · Henrique F. Teixeira, truehenrique.com

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Topics

  • software-architecture
  • engineering-craft
  • software-engineering
  • systems-design

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  • Software architecture

    Software architecture shapes how systems behave under pressure, how teams reason about codebases, and how much complexity accumulates over time — spanning module design, state management, deployment topology, and the feedback loops that keep all three honest.

  • Software engineering

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  • Systems design

    Systems design spans how components are structured, isolated, and coordinated to handle real-world complexity, covering tradeoffs in state management, failure recovery, module boundaries, and the diagrams used to communicate it all.

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