Balcony Architecture: A Symptom of Fear and Confusion in Legacy Code

In many legacy systems, you can see something I call “Balcony Architecture”. It is not an official pattern, but it describes a real problem I often see in[...]

The Simon Martinelli Stack: A Pragmatic Approach to Full-Stack Java Development

In the fast-paced world of software development, developers are often overwhelmed by endless framework choices and architectural trends. Over the years, I have refined a stack[...]

Goodbye Microservices, Hello Self-contained Systems

Microservices are not inherently bad. But they are not a one-size-fits-all solution either. In fact, for many business applications, they can introduce unnecessary complexity. In[...]

The Real Value of Microservices

For several years, the microservices architecture has established itself as a quasi-standard and is deployed in many projects. That it is not a catch-all solution is well known.[...]