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The Relationship Between Software Architecture And Business Models (and more)

Strategic Tech

If every significant architecture decision has business consequences, then knowing the business model and which trade-offs to choose is maybe the most important skill of architects. But what is the actual relationship between a business model and a software architecture? A software system is a model of a domain.

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Building High-Quality Software

DZone

It sits at the very beginning of the process before the code is written and can save an immense amount of time down the road (of somebody spending tons of time just to get to a dead-end). I really like what one of the smartest people with whom I worked said: “A good design is a design where you can see the code”. Important note.

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Up your quality and agility factor – using automation to build “performance-as-a-self-service”

Dynatrace

For software engineering teams, this demand means not only delivering new features faster but ensuring quality, performance, and scalability too. This involves new software delivery models, adapting to complex software architectures, and embracing automation for analysis and testing.

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Domain Services: The Next (small) Evolution of Microservices

Strategic Tech

The microservices era has been good for software architecture. A domain service builds on the basic definition of a microservice: it’s a loosely-coupled, independently deployable element of software architecture which is owned by a single team. I remember when the idea of multiple databases was punishable by death.

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How architecture evolves into strategy

O'Reilly Software

Likewise, the term "architect" didn't enter popular usage to describe a role in the software field until the late 1990s. This is my tailored view of it; others will have different definitions. Vitruvius and the principles of architecture. Architecture begins when someone has a nontrivial problem to be solved.

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Consumer-driven Coupling: Patterns and Anti-patterns

Strategic Tech

Organisations maximising the advantages provided by microservices tend to be organisations which view microservices not just as a technical tool, but a sociotechnical tool.The way software systems are shaped determines the communication paths and the coupling between development teams. As a consequence, we also have subservient teams?

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The Unicorn Project Review: Finding Flow with the Five Ideals 

Tasktop

But it is time for us to move beyond manufacturing analogies, and to craft a new narrative for this next phase of the Age of Software. What makes The Unicorn Project so unique is the way that it unapologetically dives into the depths of software delivery. By definition, product value streams have to be aligned to a customer.