Since at least the early 2000s, there have been numerous debates regarding how hands-on the average software architect should be within the codebase. Some argue that the monotony of coding tasks ...

When the Agile Manifesto came out in 2001, it stated that one of the 12 principles of agile software is that “the best architectures, requirements and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.” At ...

In a recent survey, 23.8 percent of tech companies said that hiring talent is one of the biggest challenges in software development. Another 13.8 percent find it difficult to share information and ...

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The role of an embedded software developer is quite a bit different from that of an embedded software architect. Developers often jump into the code with the pressure to knock out as much code and ...

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Once treated like the engine room of a cruise ship -- tucked away in the basement, out of sight from the outside world -- IT departments now find themselves responsible for the face of the business.

In today's lightning-fast software landscape, traditional architecture practices are becoming a bottleneck. The velocity and complexity of systems scaling across ephemeral microservices, complex APIs ...