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Why “Clean Code” is Killing Your Velocity

We’ve been told that clean code and deadlines are opposites. That if you want to ship fast, you have to write garbage code full of hacks. But if you want to get it right, you need to add boilerplate. That’s a lie. Here’s the thing: a lot of the so-called best practices people tell you to follow are a scam. Adding layers, interfaces, and abstractions does not automatically help you ship faster. That is not architecture. A lot of the time, it’s just liability. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content on Software Architecture & Design,… Read More »Why “Clean Code” is Killing Your Velocity

Is Event-Driven Architecture Overkill for Most Apps?

I get it. Most apps really are that simple. Typically, just CRUD. A user submits a form, you validate some data, save it in a database somewhere, and return a response. That is it. So is Event-Driven Architecture Overkill then? YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content on Software Architecture & Design, including this video showing everything in this post. Event-Driven Architecture Overkill? This topic stemmed froma Reddit post that I thought was pretty interesting. Primarily because it’s confusing a lot of concepts and seems to miss the point of Event-Driven architecture. So that’s what this… Read More »Is Event-Driven Architecture Overkill for Most Apps?

Coding Isn’t the Hard Part

I keep seeing posts pushing back on the idea that coding isn’t the hard part. And I get why. A lot of the disagreement comes down to what people mean by coding. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content on Software Architecture & Design, including this video showing everything in this post. But in the world I work in, coding usually is not the hard part. I’m talking about line of business and enterprise apps. Order management, healthcare, insurance, logistics, and similar systems. In those kinds of systems, the real difficulty is usually not writing code.… Read More »Coding Isn’t the Hard Part