MACH Alliance - being composable

By Xavier Sala, 19 June 2024

MACH architecture is based on composable and decoupled microservices that are API-based, cloud-native, and headless.

Even MACH (Microservices, API-fist, Cloud native and Headless) terms are not new, the MACH Alliance does a great job by leveraging, promoting and enforcing them.

  • Microservices - build small, independent and highly scalable services.
  • API-first - all the features and capabilities implemened by a service have to be available via API (Applicaion Programming Interface)
  • Cloud-native SaaS- buidling software taking the advantatges of the cloud.
  • Headless - decoupling the front-end from the back-end logic.

Advantages

  • This composable stack’s modularity allows more flexibility as components can be switched, added or removed, as your business requirements are evolving, without affecting the entire platform.
  • The business can more easily be up to date wih the latest trends and best-of-breed components.
  • It allows more innovation, as using new components are totally decoupled of the entire platform. If is more easy to try new features / capabilities if these came from a composable stack.
  • These modular technologies definetely reduce the time-to-market of adding new capabilities to the system.
  • Embraces experimentation.

Other considerations

  • MACH architecture is also a mindset and involves and requires all the stake holders to be aligned on the system’s target and vision.
  • Choosing SaaS platforms following MACH architecture will help you a lot.
  • MACH is not a silver bullet for everyone. Still All-In-One platforms suits some use cases.