Capstone Architecture Design
Introduction
The capstone project integrates everything you've learned into a complete, production-grade
MLOps pipeline. Before writing any code, we need to design the architecture — what
components exist, how they connect, and why.
This is how real projects start: with a design document that stakeholders can review
before engineering begins.
Why This Matters
Jumping into code without architecture leads to rework, inconsistencies, and systems
that are hard to maintain. Taking time to design means:
- You catch integration issues before they're expensive
- Everyone (including future you) understands the system
- You can make trade-off decisions explicitly
- You have documentation that serves as a portfolio artifact
This architecture design IS a portfolio piece. Interviewers love to see that you can
think at the system level, not just write code.
Tasks
Hint: Keep it simple — fraud detection, demand forecasting, or similar