When creating your architecture you should explicitly use principles axioms and analogies to guide the creation. This gives the architecture a number of benefits that are not present if you simply create by implicitly leveraging your experience opinions and tastes. Documenting your architecture will be easier. You can start by describing the principles that were [...]
One of the problems of the fresh programmers today is that they get to hear a lot of contradictions, from equally credible people, on various topics in programming. One such controversial topic is use of GoF Design Patterns, especially the ones talked about in the book by GoF. This puts these programmers in a dilemma [...]
As an architect, it’s tempting to create elaborate designs and abstractions that elegantly address the problem at hand. It is even more tempting to sprinkle new technologies into the project. At the end of the day, someone has to implement your design, and the architectural acrobatics that you have the developers perform impact the project. [...]