Comments on: What is “Architecture”? http://72miles.com/blog/posts/what-is-architecture/ Software By Architecture, Design, and Experience Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:38:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ocean http://72miles.com/blog/posts/what-is-architecture/#comment-27 Ocean Fri, 02 May 2008 16:23:58 +0000 http://72miles.com/blog/?p=23#comment-27 You could just as well reverse the conclusion: architecture is those parts of the system that are most prone to change. This would make a bit more sense since the parts that don't change often contribute very little value.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('27','Ocean'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('27','Ocean','You could just as well reverse the conclusion: architecture is those parts of the system that are most prone to change. This would make a bit more sense since the parts that don\'t change often contribute very little value.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> You could just as well reverse the conclusion: architecture is those parts of the system that are most prone to change. This would make a bit more sense since the parts that don’t change often contribute very little value.
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]]> By: Development, Eclipse, Google, Web and other forecasts « Mantrid’s Weblog http://72miles.com/blog/posts/what-is-architecture/#comment-23 Development, Eclipse, Google, Web and other forecasts « Mantrid’s Weblog Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:42:27 +0000 http://72miles.com/blog/?p=23#comment-23 [...] It is hard to define what exacly an architecture actually is. Here are some ideas. [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('23','Development, Eclipse, Google, Web and other forecasts &laquo; Mantrid&#8217;s Weblog'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('23','Development, Eclipse, Google, Web and other forecasts &laquo; Mantrid&#8217;s Weblog','&#91;...&#93; It is hard to define what exacly an architecture actually is. Here are some ideas. &#91;...&#93;'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] It is hard to define what exacly an architecture actually is. Here are some ideas. [...]
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]]> By: White Paper Pundit » Blog Archive » Using White Paper Terms: Architecture http://72miles.com/blog/posts/what-is-architecture/#comment-20 White Paper Pundit » Blog Archive » Using White Paper Terms: Architecture Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:34:32 +0000 http://72miles.com/blog/?p=23#comment-20 [...] to author Martin Fowler,  in a white paper entitled, “Who Needs an Architect”, he describes the term [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('20','White Paper Pundit &raquo; Blog Archive &raquo; Using White Paper Terms: Architecture'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('20','White Paper Pundit &raquo; Blog Archive &raquo; Using White Paper Terms: Architecture','&#91;...&#93; toàauthor Martin Fowler,à in a white paper entitled, ââ¬ÅWho Needs an Architectââ¬Â, he describes the term &#91;...&#93;'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] to author Martin Fowler,  in a white paper entitled, “Who Needs an Architect”, he describes the term [...]
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]]> By: Richard http://72miles.com/blog/posts/what-is-architecture/#comment-19 Richard Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:36:57 +0000 http://72miles.com/blog/?p=23#comment-19 Your basement analogy is a good one, but I think it's more subtle than that. My house doesn't have a basement, but it does have a foundation. Sure, I can change some walls around, but not all of them. I can make cosmetic changes all I want, turning a bedroom into a den, for example, and vice versa. Other changes are more fundamental. I could not, for example, move my kitchen to another location without repiping most of the house. I can't add certain walls unless I address the ductwork and airflow (to prevent freezing in a closed off space). I suppose I could simply replace the furnace with something more powerful to compensate, but it seems to me that would be the same thing as upgrading a server just to compensate for crappy inefficient code. (I'm not a technical person, just someone who writes about technology)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19','Richard'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19','Richard','Your basement analogy is a good one, but I think it\'s more subtle than that. My house doesn\'t have a basement, but it does have a foundation. Sure, I can change some walls around, but not all of them. I can make cosmetic changes all I want, turning a bedroom into a den, for example, and vice versa.\r\n\r\nOther changes are more fundamental. I could not, for example, move my kitchen to another location without repiping most of the house. I can\'t add certain walls unless I address the ductwork and airflow (to prevent freezing in a closed off space). I suppose I could simply replace the furnace with something more powerful to compensate, but it seems to me that would be the same thing as upgrading a server just to compensate for crappy inefficient code.\r\n\r\n(I\'m not a technical person, just someone who writes about technology)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Your basement analogy is a good one, but I think it’s more subtle than that. My house doesn’t have a basement, but it does have a foundation. Sure, I can change some walls around, but not all of them. I can make cosmetic changes all I want, turning a bedroom into a den, for example, and vice versa.

Other changes are more fundamental. I could not, for example, move my kitchen to another location without repiping most of the house. I can’t add certain walls unless I address the ductwork and airflow (to prevent freezing in a closed off space). I suppose I could simply replace the furnace with something more powerful to compensate, but it seems to me that would be the same thing as upgrading a server just to compensate for crappy inefficient code.

(I’m not a technical person, just someone who writes about technology)

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