Crystal balls and clairvoyance: Future proofing in a world of inevitable change
While the future may be a mystery, you can design software to accommodate future changes. But how much future-proofing gets in the way of good design?
Sustainable architectures in a world of Agile, DevOps, and cloud
Do you design software with a big requirements doc upfront or let architecture emerge during agile processes? Is there a middle ground?
Why SOLID principles are still the foundation for modern software architecture
While computing has changed a lot in the 20 years since the SOLID principles were conceived, they are still the best practices for designing software.
Using Kubernetes to rethink your system architecture and ease technical debt
This is a story about trying to rethink complex systems: the challenges you face when you try to rebuild them, the burdens you face as they grow, and how inaction itself can cause it’s own problems. When you’re weighing the risk and reward of replacing architecture, it can take several attempts to find a solution that works for you.
Sacrificial architecture: Learning from abandoned systems
One of the tough decisions you and your team may face as you scale is deciding between keeping your current codebase and rebuilding on a new architecture.
