Any observed statistical regularity will tend to collapse once pressure is placed upon it for control purposes. Goodhart's law (source Wikipedia) Or, in other words, once you tell people "improve that KPI or else", that KPI will be abused to the point of becoming useless: the KPI will improve, but the overall quality/speed/cost (pick a … Continue reading Goodhart’s law
Category: architecture
Digitalisation vs. Automation: it is about capabilities
A pre-digital organisation focuses on efficient processes implementation; a digital organisation focuses on capabilities.
Case study: scalable, extensible identity provider
Slides for a scalable, robust OIDC identity provider with an extensible architecture.
The Model-View-Presenter-Controller pattern
In this post I'll talk about the MVPC (Model-View-Presenter-Controller) design pattern I use in client applications such as progressive web apps and mobile clients. It can be best understood as an evolution of the MVC (model-view-controller) pattern past the MVP (model-view-presenter) pattern. The basics: MVC and MVP You might want to skip this section if … Continue reading The Model-View-Presenter-Controller pattern
A comprehensive security enterprise architecture
I obtained permission to publish my presentation for an internal gig of a security enterprise architecture. When setting up a security architecture in the enterprise context topics like business continuity, people and processes, governance, services and technology are relevant. https://www.slideshare.net/GeorgeGeorgovassilis/security-architecture-127061728



