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Assorted Rants Tagged ‘Architect’, page 1:

Knowledge-Sharing Architects As An Alternative to Coding Architects

posted July 25, 2016 by "No Bugs" Hare

Quote:	“Yes, a coding architect might work (and is indeed orders of magnitude better than an architect who has no clue about the code), but a knowledge-sharing architect will generally work better.”
Another Quote:	“As a nice side effect, the very same knowledge sharing weakens a dependency on the architect (and reducing any dependency on a specific person is a Universally Good Thing™).”
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posted July 27, 2015 by "No Bugs" Hare

Quote:	“The reasons for rebellious behavior vary, and are not necessarily selfish”
Another Quote:	“You will have an architect (formal, informal, collective…) pretty much no matter what you’re doing.”
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posted April 13, 2015 by "No Bugs" Hare

Abstract:	Do you have what it takes to become a Software Architect?
Quote:	““As an architect, you should be able to know what is possible to do, but answering how to do it is not strictly required.”
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posted March 1, 2015 by "No Bugs" Hare

Abstract:	Best practices need to be taken critically, otherwise they tend to become witch hunts.
Quote:	“Merciless refactoring is good, merciless refactoring having no clue about what you’re doing, is not”
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posted January 1, 2012 by "No Bugs" Hare

Abstract:	Evolution has already brought us from Age of Power to Age of Knowledge. What’s next?
Quote:	“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” — Arthur C. Clarke
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posted March 1, 2011 by "No Bugs" Hare

Abstract:	When done imporerply, code reuse can cause severe problems, including loss of life.
Quote:	“Reusing code from other projects or (even worse) from 3rd-parties SHOULD NOT be taken lightly. Or else…”
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posted January 1, 2011 by "No Bugs" Hare

Quote:	“Fight Features. …the only way to make software secure, reliable, and fast is to make it small” — Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Another Quote:	“If you do not have a concrete case of how a feature will be used – do not provide it. Yet.”
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