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The Vertical Codebase

Argues for organizing frontend codebases by domain verticals rather than horizontal technical layers (components/hooks/utils), showing how colocation by functionality improves cohesion, discoverability, and even AI-agent effectiveness.

Jul 04, 2026 · tech · Dominik (TkDodo), TkDodo's blog

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Topics

  • software-architecture
  • developer-productivity
  • api-design
  • engineering-craft

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  • API design

    Principles for designing interfaces — whether REST endpoints, component inputs, or module boundaries — that minimize what callers need to know while keeping implementations free to evolve.

  • Developer productivity

    Developer productivity spans individual workflow habits, organizational systems, and AI tooling — and the sources collectively argue that output speed is the least reliable measure of it.

  • Engineering craft

    Engineering craft is the accumulated discipline of writing, organizing, and maintaining software well — spanning code design, tooling fluency, communication, and the judgment to know when technical excellence actually changes outcomes.

  • 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.

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