George Georgovassilis writes about information technology architecture
DILBERT © Scott Adams. Used By permission of ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION. All rights reserved. Technical debt is the amount of work needed to decrease the total cost of a product. Me The classical definition doesn't work Technical debt (TD) is intuitively easy to grasp as an inherent quality/complexity issue that makes a product hard to … Continue reading Technical Debt
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Pentagram, source Wikipedia. Towards the end of the year I'll indulge in the dark arts, join the goblins and leave my white architect hat under the Christmas tree where it belongs. I'm helping a friend (a technically minded, non-programmer) write his first mobile app . We wanted to keep everything simple: use technologies which can … Continue reading Book of dark arts: storing data in the view
The 5G mobile network specification introduces network function virtualization [NFV] which enables mobile network operators (carriers henceforth) to expose network resources to business applications as PaaS solution building blocks [SBB]. Naturally, this moves 5G into the focus of software architecture. Unsurprisingly, the NFV specs detail services from the carrier's point of view, so they are … Continue reading Software architecture for 5G networks
This post is about software application architecture patterns that simplify application design by leveraging cloud features. New: Download the cloud pattern cheat sheet Packaged configuration Packaged configuration cue cardWhatConfiguration is packaged with deployment artefactsMotivationSimplify system, increase resilience by removing runtime dependency on configuration serviceHowConfiguration is managed in configuration repository, CI/CD combines generic application artefact … Continue reading Cloud-specific software architecture patterns
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