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We all know that software is hard - and most of us like to pretend that is isn't. Who among us hasn't discovered that a quick change to the code suddenly takes most of a week sort out? (And been embarrassed to explain this to your boss...) I'm trying to learn more about why that is, and what I can do about it. This blog is my way of keeping that information straight, and also sharing it. I hope it will also spark some conversation, so please share anything that comes to mind.

Interesting recent reads

• EstimatedInterestMartin Fowler's Bliki
• The role of the Software Architect in successful projectsCoding the Architecture
• The bizarre assumption of functional decompositionInside Architecture
• Becoming more architecturally aware - part 2Coding the Architecture
• Root Cause Analysis for Software ProblemsInside Architecture
• SchoolsOfSoftwareDevelopmentMartin Fowler's Bliki
• Question of the weekCoding the Architecture
• Judgement and ExperienceUdi Dahan - The Software Simplist
• I Hate WSDLUdi Dahan - The Software Simplist
• Jon Kabat Zinn @ GoogleProgrammers At Work

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New Comments

• Kyle A. Woodruff on Is commercial off-the-shelf software dying?
• Anton Markov on Is commercial off-the-shelf software dying?
• Basil Vandegriend on Worth Reading
• Andrew Sacamano on Code Read 9 - John Backus and Functional Programming
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About me

From 68000 assembly, dataflow languages, and C/C++, to J2EE and Web 2.0, I've been trying figure out how to write better software, and write software better, since 1988. For the last eight years I've been working on enterprise web applications, as a software architect and lead engineer.

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