Software Architecture Quotes

“An architect adds real value to an organization not by chasing silver bullet after silver bullet but rather by honing their skills at analyzing the trade-offs as they appear.”
― Neal Ford, Software Architecture: The Hard Parts: Modern Trade-Off Analyses for Distributed Architectures

“With distributed architectures and distributed transactions, it really is sometimes turtles all the way down”
― Neal Ford, Software Architecture: The Hard Parts: Modern Trade-Off Analyses for Distributed Architectures

“Reuse is one of the most abused abstractions, because the general view in organizations is that reuse represents a laudable goal that teams should strive for. However, failing to evaluate all the trade-offs associated with reuse can lead to serious problems within architecture.”
― Neal Ford, Software Architecture: The Hard Parts: Modern Trade-Off Analyses for Distributed Architectures

“Analyzing the trade-offs between disintegration drivers and integration drivers is the secret to getting service granularity right.”
― Neal Ford, Software Architecture: The Hard Parts: Modern Trade-Off Analyses for Distributed Architectures

“Data sovereignty per service is the nirvana state for a distributed architecture.”
― Neal Ford, Software Architecture: The Hard Parts: Modern Trade-Off Analyses for Distributed Architectures

“There is one thing that will separate the pack into winners and losers: the on-demand capability to make bold and decisive course-corrections that are executed effectively and with urgency.”
― Neal Ford, Software Architecture: The Hard Parts: Modern Trade-Off Analyses for Distributed Architectures