I just finished this. To each their own of course, but I found the writing too padded and tonally off-putting at times. Some of the stories felt dated both from a technological stance and a cultural stance. I prefer Azure's Cloud Pattern docs myself (though "Release It!" was really good if you prefer a storytelling approach):
This looks incredibly comprehensive, thanks for sharing!
Should have added that I read this book in 2016, and the first edition is even older, so there’s naturally been lots of new (and exciting) developments in this area!
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/pattern...