4 essential skills software architects need to have but often don’t
A look into the unspoken side of software architecture.
Software Architecture
Observations on the changing discipline of software architecture.
Microservices at Netflix: Teams and services are tightly aligned and loosely coupled
An interview with Dianne Marsh, Director of Engineering, Cloud Tools, at Netflix.
Reactive programming vs. Reactive systems
Landing on a set of simple reactive design principles in a sea of constant confusion and overloaded expectations.
Highlights from the O’Reilly Software Architecture Conference in San Francisco 2016
Watch highlights covering software architecture, microservices, distributed systems, and more. From the O'Reilly Software Architecture Conference in San Francisco 2016.
Listening to the design pressures
Martin Thompson explores the architectures that emerge from applying design patterns required for high performance, resilience, security, usability, and other quality-of-services measures.
Microservices: Pros and cons
Rachel Laycock and Cassandra Shum take opposing sides in the microservices debate.
Kubernetes: What you need to know … and why
Kelsey Hightower offers a quick overview of Kubernetes—the community, the project, and the technology for managing containerized workloads.
An introduction to serverless
Mike Roberts introduces the concepts behind serverless architectures, explains how serverless breaks from the past, and provides reasons why it's worthy of some of the hype it’s currently receiving.
Walking the tightrope: Balancing bias to action and planning
Dianne Marsh explains how microservices paved the way for traffic steering at Netflix, and she highlights current challenges.
Confessions of an enterprise architect
Faced with business and regulatory complexity, Scott Shaw found himself committing some of the software development acts he once condemned. He confesses those sins and explains why they’re sometimes necessary.
Highlights from the O’Reilly Software Architecture Conference in London 2016
Watch highlights covering software architecture, microservices, distributed systems, and more. From the O'Reilly Software Architecture Conference in London 2016.
The architecture of uncertainty
Kevlin Henney explains how uncertainty, lack of knowledge, and options can be used to drive a system’s architecture and its development schedule.
High-performance teams
Patrick Kua explores why and how software architects should care about high-performance teams.
Am I only streaming? Thinking Reactive
Rob Harrop looks at how we can use the concepts of CSP, Actors, and Reactive as powerful tools for reasoning about our systems.
The evolution of software architecture
Mark Richards discusses the factors that have enabled the evolution of software architecture over the past three decades and explores what the future of software architecture might look like.
Microservices: Pros and cons
Taking opposing sides, Rachel Laycock and Cassie Shum debate the merits of microservices.
Listening to the design pressures
Martin Thompson explores emergent designs and working practices that succeed in areas where the design pressures quickly cull that which does not deliver.
5 questions that will make you a better software architect
Experienced software architects share their defining moments.
Microservices vs. service-oriented architecture
Learn the core differences between microservices and SOA so you can make an informed choice when determining which is best for your particular situation.
Three pillars of microservice culture
How focusing on communication, teams, and innovation can help you transform your company.
Bla bla microservices bla bla
Jonas Bonér looks at microservices from the perspective of first principles, distilling it to its essence and putting it within the context of distributed systems.
Microservices need architects
Help guide your organization in the areas of service design, system design, and even organizational design.
Contrasting architecture patterns with design patterns
How architecture and design patterns can add clarity and understanding to your project.
4 reasons why microservices resonate
Microservices optimize evolutionary change at a granular level.