Software-architecture

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August 22, 2025
The ambiguity of architecture decision records
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Is a "decision recording" what we are really looking for?
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August 7, 2025
The knowledge gravity problem
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Is there a force driving our systems towards complexity?
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August 4, 2025
The ambiguity, the curse and the fallacy of domain model
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Is it possible to "apply" Entity Component System (ECS) thinking to System Design?
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July 12, 2025
Time, angle and depth: dimensions in software design
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Can we use physical qualities while reasoning about systems?
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July 1, 2025
Easy will make you dizzy?
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Are we losing something important while getting better tools?
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June 9, 2025
Tools make fools?
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Are we doomed to become "slaves" of tools?
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May 24, 2025
Composing a PIE
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Is there a universal way of composing things?
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March 30, 2025
Evolve, don't hack
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Where is the difference between evolving and hacking?
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March 24, 2025
Context Segregation Principle
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is there a single unified way of looking at reality?
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July 26, 2024
Dogmatic engineers and a product
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Why is it important to broaden our perspective?
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May 15, 2024
The law of eventual composition
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What happens when we split things up?
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April 6, 2024
The ambiguity of code
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How do we understand "the code"?
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March 10, 2024
The ambiguity of interfaces
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How does need-driven thinking shape the way we design?
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February 29, 2024
Inverse Bruce Lee maneuver
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How many kicks should an engineer know?
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January 6, 2024
From concepts to architecture
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Does software architecture depend on the ideas?
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December 6, 2023
Common words of the shared apocalypse
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Are there common words that you can share to scare your teammates?
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November 17, 2023
Easy becomes complex
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When easy eventually becomes complex?
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November 11, 2023
Simple isn't easy
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Why simplicity does not require less but more?
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October 24, 2023
The ambiguity of composition
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How can we represent composition?
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September 17, 2023
The ambiguity of software architecture
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What do we mean by "software architecture"?