The Microkernel (Plugin) Architecture Paradigm When To Use - Building extensible systems with plugin architectures - Products requiring customer-specific customizations When NOT To Use - Monolithic applications without plugin extensibility needs - Systems where all features are core and tightly coupled by design When to Employ This Paradigm - When building platforms, Integrated Development Environments (IDEs), data ingestion pipelines, or marketplaces where third parties need to extend core functionality. - When the core system requires extreme stability, while extensions and features must ev…