Top-down approaches start with the overall system design and break it down into smaller components, meaning the UI or business logic might be designed first before APIs or databases. Bottom-up focuses on building foundational components like databases and APIs first, then integrating them to form the UI. This fundamental difference affects whether teams start from the UI, API, or database depending on the approach chosen.
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