Evolutionary Architecture
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
An architectural approach that expects systems to change over time and therefore emphasizes flexibility, feedback, and incremental adaptation instead of fixed long-range design assumptions. In engineering culture it is often contrasted with overly rigid upfront planning.
In plain English: An architecture approach built to adapt gradually as needs change.
Example: "Their move toward evolutionary architecture helped because they no longer pretended to know every future integration point before the product had even stabilized."