Guides

Guides are narrative explanations with diagrams. Where the reference answers "what does this do?", guides answer "why does it work this way?" and "what's actually happening inside?".

Guide	What it covers
Bootstrap Internals	The exact boot sequence — wiring phases, lifecycle stages, shutdown
Dependency Injection	Why DI, how DA's model works, what LoadedModules actually does
Application Structure	Organizing a real multi-service, multi-library application
Config and Environments	Config flow from definition to validated values; multi-environment patterns
Testing Strategies	Philosophy, unit vs integration, mocking approaches
Log Streaming	addTarget, fire-and-forget delivery, mergeData, and ALS tagging
Config in Production	Per-type patterns, manifest files, adapter toggles