Simon Brown

Most-linked posts?

1. Distributed big balls of mud (2014)
   4 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2014-07-06
2. Today's software developers are the ivory tower architects of tomorrow
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-02-09

What Hacker News says?

1. ChrisCinelli · 2019-06-21

   Being able to keep the system you are working on in your mind with sufficient but excessive detail is key. Keeping the system in all is parts "as simple as possible and as complex as necessary" (that is my engineering philosophy) is what make se all the difference. I used to think: since I am smart I am going to write something more complex because I can manage that. Wrong. For the smart and dumb engineer a simpler…

   Comment linking /2014/07/06/distributed_big_balls_of_mud.html

   on “Forget monoliths vs. microservices: cognitive load is what matters”
2. joeyespo · 2015-10-04

   Submitted Distributed big balls of mud (2014) as a story · 48 points

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3. ChrisCinelli · 2022-05-10

   Microservices are not to scale organization even if some organizations used them in this way. There is a big problem with this way of scaling. The sense ownership becomes the sense of defend your castle (team's microservice code) from invasion (external developer that are trying to add features or fix bugs). Microservices were also presented as a solution for encapsulation. But if you cannot write good encapsulated…

   Comment linking /2014/07/06/distributed_big_balls_of_mud.html

   on “Give me back my monolith (2019)”
4. AliCollins · 2013-01-15

   Submitted Software documentation as a guidebook as a story · 11 points

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5. pieterh_pvtl · 2016-09-15Recommends

   There is a great talk on this by Simon Brown http://www.codingthearchitecture.com/presentations/sa2015-mo... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_rBDIC51C4

   Comment linking /presentations/sa2015-modular-monoliths

   on “Microservices”
6. kiyanwang · 2017-10-01

   Submitted PaaS for Java Developers: Coding the Architecture as a story · 3 points

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7. gumoro · 2017-07-05Recommends

   Higher cohesion and modularity. I'm glad to see this in an article for JavaScript projects. Here are a few articles for Java projects, that go in more details (I think the concepts still mostly apply to JavaScript projects): http://www.javapractices.com/topic/TopicAction.do?Id=205 http://www.codingthearchitecture.com/2015/03/08/package_by_c...

   Comment linking /2015/03/08/package_by_component_and_architecturally_aligned_testing.html

   on “A set of best practices for JavaScript projects”
8. wheresvic1 · 2019-03-31

   Submitted Layers, Hexagons, Features and Components as a story · 2 points

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9. kiyanwang · 2018-02-11

   Submitted Today's software developers are the ivory tower architects of tomorrow as a story · 2 points

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10. mpweiher · 2018-02-09

    Submitted Today's software developers are the ivory tower architects of tomorrow as a story · 2 points

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11. mrleinad · 2017-06-05

    Submitted Visualising and documenting software architecture cheat sheets as a story · 2 points

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12. mpweiher · 2016-10-26

    Submitted Modular Monoliths – Coding the Architecture as a story · 2 points

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13. axelfontaine · 2014-07-06

    Submitted Distributed big balls of mud as a story · 2 points

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14. tomeast · 2011-02-16

    Submitted Where are the software architects of tomorrow? as a story · 2 points

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15. meddah · 2010-03-15

    Submitted Architectural constructs as a story · 2 points

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16. numo16 · 2015-02-25

    Submitted Introducing Structurizr as a story · 1 points

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17. apievangelist · 2014-08-19

    Submitted Distributed big balls of mud – Coding the Architecture as a story · 1 points

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18. AliCollins · 2012-03-01

    Submitted Software Architecture for Developers - v1 of the book is published as a story · 1 points

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19. AdamGibbins · 2011-09-19

    Submitted Jitter - The forgotten performance metric as a story · 1 points

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20. AliCollins · 2011-02-15

    Submitted Collaborative Design as a story · 1 points

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