One of my main goals with the book was to "democratize" architecture, to make it accessible and relevant to every developer. As the cover blurb says:
"It democratizes architecture. You may have software architects at your organization — indeed, you may be one of them. Every architect I have met wishes that all developers understood architecture. They complain that developers do not understand why constraints exist and how seemingly small changes can affect a system’s properties. This book seeks to make architecture relevant to all software developers, not just architects."
In hindsight, my book hasn't been very good at that but perhaps it was a stepping stone on the path. Michael Keeling's book Design It: From Programmer to Software Architect does a better job of saying how developers can engage with architecture ideas. I'm a personal friend of his and a huge fan of his work. His experience report [2] on how to democratize architecture is what I aspire to do.
"It democratizes architecture. You may have software architects at your organization — indeed, you may be one of them. Every architect I have met wishes that all developers understood architecture. They complain that developers do not understand why constraints exist and how seemingly small changes can affect a system’s properties. This book seeks to make architecture relevant to all software developers, not just architects."
In hindsight, my book hasn't been very good at that but perhaps it was a stepping stone on the path. Michael Keeling's book Design It: From Programmer to Software Architect does a better job of saying how developers can engage with architecture ideas. I'm a personal friend of his and a huge fan of his work. His experience report [2] on how to democratize architecture is what I aspire to do.
[1] Michael Keeling, Design It: From Programmer to Software Architect, https://pragprog.com/titles/mkdsa/design-it/
[2] Keeling and Runde, Agile2018 Conference. Share the Load: Distribute Design Authority with Architecture Decision Records. https://web.archive.org/web/20210513150449/https://www.agile...