Category Archives: Software Architecture

The Next Big Thing?

A few years ago I was asked to take part in a panel session at a conference. One of the questions asked by the audience was what we thought the “next big thing might be”. Most of the panel talked … Continue reading

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Incremental Design – Part II

In my earlier blog post on incremental design I suggested that we need to allow for failure. So how do we limit the impact of failure, how do we tell when our design choices don’t work and how do we … Continue reading

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Incremental Design – Part I

Continuous Delivery is all about making small changes. Work flows more easily, planning is simpler, error detection is helped and the time from idea to value is reduced when we make changes in small increments, but how do you solve … Continue reading

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The Reactive Manifesto

Over the past couple of months I have been helping out some friends to update the Reactive Manifesto. There are several reasons why I agreed to help. First I was asked to, by my old friend Martin Thompson. The most important reason … Continue reading

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