Well, maybe “Enemy” is too strong a word, but it’s definitely something you should probably keep away from. Timestamps are everywhere. We use them generously, and often don’t give it a second thought. It’s so natural to use it, that we never stop and ask ourselves: “Is it really a good idea?” Well, it turns […]
I just got off the phone with one of my colleagues, and we had an interesting discussion about a situation we have with one of our clients. Here is the situation: Our customer had, for years, a software that was installed as a standalone product. It was a single machine that had the application (.NET […]
One of the dilemmas many architects face when designing a system is: To SQL or to NoSQL? Of course, this is not a “One size fits all” question, and the answers will vary based on many factors: Schema flexibility, type of queries, importance of transactions, scale and more. A few weeks ago, with one of […]
One of the first stages of designing architecture for a system, is the Non-Functional requirements gathering. This stage usually goes like this: MEMI: So, what are the most important non-functional requirements? CUSTOMER: … What are non-functional requirements? M: Well, you know, all the requirements that are not related directly to the system’s functionality, such as […]
I’m a software architect, and also a sci-fi fan. Something tells me I’m not the only one who possesses those two qualities. As such, many times when I watch some of the latest sci-fi TV series or movies, in which the evil aliens pay us a visit and want to kill us all, and ultimately […]
(See what I did here in the title? Of course you did. If not, take a look here) One of the question I’m often asked is this: “How to become an architect?” Or, in some other forms: “Is Some Name a real architect?” “What makes a good architect?” So I was thinking – what the hell! Let’s spill […]