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📅 February 24, 2022

Make Everyone Happy – A Paradoxical Anti-Pattern

One of the most amusing anti-patterns is the one known as “make everyone happy.” The funny thing is that it never does. Instead, it points us to an old bit of wisdom that you end up pleasing no one when…

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📅 February 22, 2022

Architecture By Implication – An Assumption Anti-Pattern

The series switches gears to look at anti-patterns. We start with the mother of all anti-patterns, architecture by implication. Any time we have a pattern that includes assumptions, success is a challenge. Looking ahead, the next several episodes will explore…

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📅 February 17, 2022

The Space-Based Pattern , AKA A Cloud Architecture

We wrap up our patterns focus with the space-based pattern. This is also known as cloud architecture. We will see how this approach allows us to break out the solution into components suited for scaling. We solve the problem of…

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📅 February 15, 2022

The Microservices Architecture Pattern – Small, Reusable Solutions

We come to one of the best patterns for breaking a big problem down into bite-sized pieces. The microservices architecture pattern is a perfect fit. The objective is to farm out work to one or more services that are small…

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📅 February 10, 2022

The Microkernel Pattern – Core System and Plugins

The focus of this episode on software architecture patterns is the microkernel pattern. It is a common way to build on core technology without the need for future design. Once the plugin interface is defined, the sky is the limit…

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📅 February 8, 2022

The Interpreter Pattern – Translate expressions in code

We continue our season of software architecture patterns and more by reviewing the interpreter pattern. This one may seem familiar. It has been discussed in other areas of software development. However, it is worth refreshing our memory on this helpful…

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