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The Role of the 'Main' Component.
Updated Apr 28, 2026
Short answer
Main is the 'dirty' entry point that bootstraps the architecture by instantiating and injecting all dependencies.
Deep explanation
The Main component is the outermost circle's 'God Object'. It is the only place where it's okay to have a high degree of coupling because its only job is to wire things together. It knows about every layer. It reads configs, initializes database pools, and starts the server.
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