Support Forums: Message List - 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:38:48 -0400 Re: Might I suggest there's a greater underlying issue? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=53819 Calling 'smart' choices 'dumb' is (in your parlance) 'clever'. It creates impact and gets people's attention but at the cost of clarity....]]> Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:45:31 -0500 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:45:31 -0500 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:45:31 -0500 Mar 2, 2009 Eben Hewitt 0 Re: Might I suggest there's a greater underlying issue? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=53819 If you agree with the point, but are worried about how your team members might interpret it, perhaps Brian Goetz explains it better than I do, and you can point them to this:...]]> Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:42:59 -0500 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:42:59 -0500 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:42:59 -0500 Mar 2, 2009 James Watson 1 Re: Might I suggest there's a greater underlying issue? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=53819 But in any event, "Don't be clever" terrifies me. It appears at a very superficial level to align itself with the most wrongheaded (IMO) ideas in IT....]]> Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:30:18 -0500 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:30:18 -0500 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:30:18 -0500 Mar 2, 2009 Eben Hewitt 2 Re: Blame the whole book? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=53819 Hey.
So, go ahead and read, you may find just one pearl (or more) there that changes your life, or you may not.


William Martinez Pomares.
Architect's Thoughts...]]> Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:09:27 -0500 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:09:27 -0500 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:09:27 -0500 Mar 1, 2009 David McCoy 0 Blame the whole book? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=53819 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:29:08 -0500 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:29:08 -0500 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:29:08 -0500 Feb 28, 2009 William Martinez 1 Re: Might I suggest there's a greater underlying issue? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=53819
One person's 'clever' is another person's 'dumb'. An person might think something's too clever just because they don't really understand it. My experience is that poor decisions are made when such obtuse rules are...]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:07:22 -0500 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:07:22 -0500 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:07:22 -0500 Feb 28, 2009 James Watson 3 Re: Might I suggest there's a greater underlying issue? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=53819 One person's 'clever' is another person's 'dumb'. An person might think something's too clever just because they don't really understand it. My experience is that poor decisions are made when such obtuse rules are applied
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I believe GWT is elegant. However, I had to argue with the management at my last job about using it "because other people didn't understand it."
I also had to battle to get things like Hibernate and Spring...]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:35:31 -0500 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:35:31 -0500 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:35:31 -0500 Feb 28, 2009 David McCoy 0 Yes...yessss http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=53819 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:25:32 -0500 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:25:32 -0500 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:25:32 -0500 Feb 27, 2009 Barry Hawkins 0 Re: The circle closes... http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=53819 So the architects wound up writing massive wrappers (and Ant tasks to generate them) so other people didn't have to understand it.
...]]> Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:08:34 -0500 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:08:34 -0500 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:08:34 -0500 Feb 27, 2009 Eben Hewitt 0 The circle closes... http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=53819 I believe GWT is elegant. However, I had to argue with the management at my last job about using it "because other people didn't understand it."
I also had to battle to get things like Hibernate and Spring in....]]> Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:17:39 -0500 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:17:39 -0500 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:17:39 -0500 Feb 27, 2009 Tracy Nelson 2 Re: I'm pleased http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=53819 Many architects are really they have no clue what architects suppose to do. I have heard these days many company’s trying to remove architects role because there are bunch of people they really don’t know what’s their company’s business and...]]> Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:16:04 -0500 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:16:04 -0500 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:16:04 -0500 Feb 27, 2009 Frank Bank 0 Re: 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=53819 James, I agree with you agreeing with me....]]> Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:36:38 -0500 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:36:38 -0500 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:36:38 -0500 Feb 27, 2009 James Watson 0 Re: 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=53819 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:22:41 -0500 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:22:41 -0500 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:22:41 -0500 Feb 27, 2009 Eben Hewitt 1 Re: 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=53819 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:32:47 -0500 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:32:47 -0500 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:32:47 -0500 Feb 27, 2009 James Watson 2