Advanced
The Advanced section covers non-trivial scenarios that emerge as Plumego systems grow.
These topics are not required to get started.
They are not even required for many production systems.
They become relevant when:
- Scale increases
- Complexity accumulates
- Operational requirements tighten
- Architectural trade-offs become unavoidable
This section exists to address those realities without abandoning Plumego’s core principles.
What This Section Is About
Advanced topics typically involve:
- Performance and efficiency trade-offs
- Concurrency and resource control
- Large-team collaboration concerns
- Long-term evolution strategies
- Integration with complex infrastructure
- Failure modes that appear only at scale
These are not “features”.
They are engineering decisions under pressure.
What This Section Is Not
Advanced is not:
- A replacement for Core or Concepts
- A collection of shortcuts
- An excuse to bypass explicit boundaries
- A place for framework magic
If an advanced technique relies on hidden behavior,
it is almost certainly incompatible with Plumego.
Design Constraint: Core Remains Untouched
A fundamental rule governs this section:
Nothing in Advanced changes the Core contract.
Advanced techniques may:
- Add layers
- Introduce new abstractions
- Compose existing primitives in new ways
They must never:
- Add implicit lifecycle phases
- Inject hidden dependencies
- Bypass explicit wiring
- Alter request flow semantics
Advanced does not mean “less explicit”.
Typical Advanced Scenarios
This section addresses questions like:
- How do I handle very high request throughput?
- How should I structure a large Plumego codebase?
- How do I manage cross-service concerns?
- How do I introduce background processing safely?
- How do I reason about performance bottlenecks?
- How do I evolve APIs without breaking clients?
These questions do not have universal answers —
only explicit trade-offs.
Reading Guidance
You should read this section selectively.
If a topic does not match a real problem you are facing:
- Skip it
- Bookmark it
- Come back later
Premature optimization and premature complexity are still problems.
Relationship to Other Sections
- Core defines guarantees — Advanced must respect them
- Concepts explain mechanics — Advanced builds on them
- Architecture defines structure — Advanced explores extensions
- Guides solve common problems — Advanced tackles edge cases
- Patterns enforce discipline — Advanced assumes you follow them
If any of those foundations are missing,
Advanced topics will cause more harm than good.
Topics You Will Find Here
Examples of advanced topics include:
- High-performance middleware patterns
- Request fan-out and aggregation
- Background and async processing models
- Multi-tenant system considerations
- API versioning strategies
- Observability at scale
- Memory and allocation awareness
- Controlled use of generics and abstractions
Each topic is framed around constraints and consequences, not recipes.
Advanced ≠Clever
A recurring theme in this section:
If an advanced solution makes the system harder to reason about, it is probably the wrong solution.
Plumego values:
- Predictability over cleverness
- Explicitness over convenience
- Stability over novelty
Advanced techniques must still be boring at their core.
When to Read This Section
You should consider Advanced topics when:
- You can no longer answer “what happens next?” easily
- Performance issues are measurable, not speculative
- Multiple teams touch the same codebase
- Operational failures become costly
- System evolution becomes risky
If none of these apply, you are likely better served elsewhere.
Summary
The Advanced section exists to:
- Address real-world complexity
- Preserve Plumego’s explicit design under pressure
- Expose trade-offs honestly
- Avoid framework-driven shortcuts
Advanced does not mean abandoning discipline.
It means applying it more carefully.
Next
If you are entering this section, a good starting point is:
→ Performance and Allocation Awareness
This explains how to reason about efficiency in Plumego without premature optimization.
Alternatively:
→ Background Processing Models
For systems that must do more than request–response handling.