Saturday Architecture

Some questions

This is not an easy question to answer. It depends on the context and the scope of the architect's responsibility also. Let us look deeper into what are the other parameters which determine what the responsibility of the architect is with respect to new technology adoption either by the technical team or by the business.

Does an architect in the US and India mean the same when they tell something? - No  

Does being an architect in one Business Domain mean the same as an architect in another Business Domain? - Most probably not.    

Venkataraman Subramanian who has worked across Geos and Domain shares some interesting insights.

"That concept will not work in my organization we are different" - Sr Mgrs 

 "I need that Global standard to be implemented  right away" - Sr Exec    

So should we develop solution locally or go for global ones? Most of time global solution will fail because of many factors..mostly it is cultural (human) issues. Does that mean I have to reinvent the wheel every time? Getting hit by NIH syndrome.  

 Some interesting insight on handling this conundrum?

Does your architecture influence or just manage?

Kumaran shares his experience of how he and his family applied architecture principles when Covid infection happened to all his family

It is easy to spot bugs in code/design. But bugs/deficiencies in architecture get away 90% of time. Don't believe me. Listen in

Beyond user requirements using pain as a path to make good architecture sounds interesting. But it is not easy as it sounds.   

Check out insights from  

Raja - Symptomatic treatments, Google Doctors 

Gowtham - Business pain / Developer Pain / Change management pain 

Prashanth Kaankade  - We have a car but don't know how to drive it. Covid is a "pain enhancer"

Deepak - "Being a good doctor" is the skill architects need to have. Grow beyond a chemist ( technology expert) as my manager Harish used to say.

SHOW LESSCloud technologies do not give CORPS by default. 

A hacker can use your cloud instance to run up your cloud bill. 

Architects cannot reduce architectural responsibilities just because the cloud is used.

 An architect needs to be even more cautious on the cloud than on-prem.CORPS will apply to all phases of software development not just when doing design. It is a cultural thing. 

Use existing CORPS tools from the cloud providers.  

More details about CORPS here : https://thenewstack.io/introducing-co...​

Mircroproducts is an interesting paradigm introduced to me by the awesome @Dorai Dodla  Kumaran - Current way of thinking is not ideally suited for Mircoproduct architecture  Gaurav - Observability helps in  Microproduct mindset  Nirosh - Nature has Microproduct architecture elements and the relevance of Quantum Computing.Observability is more important than traceability Venkat - Using the pain as a purpose for designing a Microproduct

There is a need to change software and architecture in production. This cannot be done by bringing down production systems for every range.