97 Principles for Software Architects

I just concluded 97 Principles for Software Architects – Axioms for Practitioners (Multiple authors, 2020), and it was a great journey.

To start with, it is not usual to have such a large collection of chapters put together by so many different practitioners. At least it is unusual for me to read or listen to something like that. But, in this case, I must say it works.

And it does so because of the quality of the voices put together. And the cadence of the change of topics and perspectives along the way. Although I know little to nothing about the experienced software architects behind each chapter, I understood right-away they are indeed experts in their field. In short, due to the sheer amount of high quality and relevant insights they present.

Being a great software architect is all about trade-offs. It is all about people, technology, business, and a whole bunch of other things. It is simply too overreaching to simplify it any way. There are always multiple layers of meaning and considerations behind the skills required of a good architect.

That’s again why 97 Principles makes for such a great companion. It brings a large number of relevant discussions, distilled from multiple and diverse real-life experiences. If you’re a software architect, or an aspiring one, you will not be disappointed.