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@ghohpe
Puzzled Dot Connector💭Confused Sensemaker💭Blue-collar Architect in the Penthouse💭Tree-hugging car nut. Cloud immigrant. Opinions mine and plentiful.
Singaporearchitectelevator.comJoined July 2007
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Franz M.
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Nodding a lot while reading
@ghohpe
's 'The Software Architect Elevator' (architectelevator.com/book/), if I had found that earlier I think I could have shortcutted some of my learnings over the years - and still a lot to do in old German companies �?
architectelevator.com
My Books: Architecture, Cloud, and More
Modern architects look beyond UML and design patterns to transform IT by connecting the strategy �?penthouse’ with the technology �?engine room’. They ride the Architect Elevator.
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It's that time of year again where in Singapore you do absolutely nothing (perhaps login to IRAS to have a look) and in the US you mail 60 pages of cryptic forms just to face penalties because you couldn't predict income and struggled with form 2210... Efficiency vs. bureaucracy
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One of the best 10 minutes invested to understand systems and architecture. And about what happens when you cut your hand off (don't do that...)
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[minute 3:05] "What's a system? A system is a whole [..] that consists of parts, each of which can affect its behavior or its properties." -- Russell Ackoff in youtube.com/watch?v=OqEeIG
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Jeff Sussna
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I think the problem is inside out thinking (what am I constructing) as opposed to outside in thinking (what is it supposed to make possible). Interestingly BDD (outside in test specification) emerged from a question of how to name test classes.
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@ghohpe
5/ my pet peeve is when a convenience function combining two parts that's called "A+B" is portrayed as abstraction. It's not. Abstraction requires finding a higher level model and thus new vocabulary.
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Naming is hard. Naming something after the pieces it's made from works for chemistry (H2O) but not for software as it lacks expressiveness. 1/ eaipatterns.com reveals some renaming evolution where pattern name and URL differ, the URL having stayed as the name evolved.
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Thailand #testandgo picks you up in a car with a shield between driver and passenger. The Aircon recirculates air from the driver to the passenger side 🤷 If you open the window in the back for ventilation, the driver closes it 🤦‍♀️ No wonder they need a test after arrival 🤔
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@ghohpe
That's how you know a place that favours a quick decision over a considerate one. Not the place for architects. Been there - "we don't have time to think, we need to decide' and then execute a poor plan rigidly for 18 months. My hack: pack a sandwich for the lunch interview.
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interview hack: take the interviewee out to lunch. if they need to look at the menu for over 25 seconds to make a decision, it’s a “no” from me.
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CloudStrategyBook.com in the swanky hardcover edition is available for less than the paperback atm thanks to an Amazon marketplace discount! 330 pages challenge you to think more deeply about your cloud decisions.
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@ghohpe
After 2 years of pandemic Thailand still has hotels asking you to send your passport and credit card number per email. After sending all your data insecurely and them charging upfront, you get the docs to attach to your application for the #thailandpass & wait for approval
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@ghohpe
Thank you,
@vodafone
, that's 4€ per MB or 4000€ per GB. That's about what we paid with our 14.4 Dial-up modem in 1994.
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Amazing teamwork between Frankfurt Airport and Die Bahn: the trains are delayed enough that you'll make it despite waiting 25 minutes for your (priority tagged) luggage
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People behave a certain way because they learned it from the system. If you want to change their behavior, you can't do that by changing the people. You must change your system. So, don't tell me you don't have the right people. You might just not have the right system.
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@ghohpe
Quick take after 2 weeks: ✅ absolutely beautiful machine, light, solid, convertible, 4k, 11th gen i7, good keyboard. ❌ Screen too narrow (16:9), blows hot air into your lap, way pricey
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2 months and counting to get my own book from our friends at
@amazon
And yes, I did check the order summary. Surprisingly, it doesn't speed up the process. Also, the new estimated date is "we will email you" Let me just believe my book is so popular that none are left for me...
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Building internal #platforms has many worthwhile goals: increase productivity and velocity, assure compliance, improve reuse, etc Making something simplistic for the "not so smart developers" isn't one of them. Platforms are amplifiers, not paint-by-numbers sandboxes
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