Hexagonal vs Clean vs Onion Architecture... It Doesn’t Matter

Are Hexagonal, Clean, and Onion Architecture really different… or are we all just overthinking this? These architectural patterns aren’t about circles, layers, or diagrams. They all exist for one reason: managing coupling. Specifically coupling to things that change at a different rate than your core logic. Whether it's Onion Architecture, Hexagonal, or Clean Architecture, they’re all teaching the same underlying principle: Stability. Controlling the blast radius of change. 🔗 Kurrent (formely EventStoreDB) https://kurrent.io 🔔 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3RKA4vunFAfrfxiJhPEplw?sub_confirmation=1 💥 Join this channel to get access to a private Discord Server and any source code in my videos. 🔥 Join via Patreon https://www.patreon.com/codeopinion ✔️ Join via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3RKA4vunFAfrfxiJhPEplw/join 📝 Blog: https://codeopinion.com 👋 Twitter: https://twitter.com/codeopinion ✨ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dcomartin/ 📧 Weekly Updates: htt