Lars Petersen, CEO and Co-founder of Uniform.dev, has published his thoughts on the MACH architecture trend, and it’s interesting stuff.
Here’s an excerpt.
“The MACH world is imperfect, however. Among its drawbacks are the following:
- **Timing: **Since MACH technologies are time-consuming to implement and integrate with existing tools, most companies must maintain their existing stack while re-platforming to a composable scenario, thus creating an expensive and hard-to-manage “double stack.” As a workaround, many companies re-platform some of their tech stack, which means that legacy and composable tools must continue to work together. That’s easier said than done.
- Compatibility: The complexity of marketing and eCommerce sites often requires that brands leverage numerous tools from multiple vendors. Adopting a MACH stack can make it difficult to ensure that those tools work together seamlessly.
- Cost: It can be costly to switch MACH-based solutions down the line. All too often, companies fall into the “MACH monolith” trap, whereby they use MACH solutions in the same way as they do their legacy suites. As a result, those companies again find themselves in a bind with vendor lock-in and an inability to adapt.
- **Maturity: **MACH is slated for mature companies with extensive tech resources, which is not a given for new or medium-sized businesses.”
In other news, Astound Commerce appointed a VP of Composable Commerce, Egyptian enterprise eCommerce startup el-dokan raised a $550,000 pre-seed round, and Sitecore’s XM Cloud marks a significant milestone in the company’s history.
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That's all, folks! Thanks for reading.
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