lex parsimoniae
Architecture
The bug “event horizon”
Black holes are fearsome astronomical phenomenon that are so dense and have a gravity well so deep that their infinitely-large mass is compressed into an infinitely small space. Anything that approaches these monsters is almost certain to be sucked into the hole, and there is a region surrounding each of them where escape is impossible, [...]
Saving Microsoft
The last few years have been trying times for Microsoft. Late to jump on the web bandwagon, they’ve never owned that platform the way they owned the desktop. Internet Explorer remains a decidedly un-sexy choice for web browsing, and Microsoft might never recover from the black eye that was Vista. Office now faces some really [...]
Did you test that SQL?
Although IT is a relatively young field relative to accounting or finance, I think a pretty fair number of people have picked up on some of the “big picture” ideas that drive modern development practices. Whether you’re working with a waterfall process or a more agile process, for instance, most people understand that you just [...]
I stand corrected
All these years, I’ve been saying that one of the huge differences between software architecture and structural architecture is that nobody tries to change the requirements for the building while it’s being constructed. Turns out I was wrong: OSU Medical Center stretches hospital tower to fit $100M cancer center. Tweet This Post
Choosing an open-source platform
As an architect, I’m sometimes asked to evaluate and/or choose platforms for software, web sites, and so on. As you might imagine, choosing a platform can be an enterprise-critical decision, and one of the big forks in this road is whether to consider open-source software. I’m not going to touch that debate here – this [...]
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