I’m pretty sure that I’m going to get myself in trouble with this one. Before I get started and the gnashing of teeth and stamping of feet commence, let me offer an introductory disclaimer here. What I am about to say offers no commentary on people with the title, “software architect” (a title that I’ve…
Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the SmartBear blog. Check out the original here, at their site. While you’re there, take a look around at the pieces written by other authors as well. A certain ideal of rugged individualism has always permeated programmer culture, at least in some circles. It’s easy enough for…
Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the NDepend blog. Check out the original here, at their site. If you like posts on the topics of static analysis and software architecture, check out the rest of the posts while you’re over there. The software development world is filled with what I think of as…
Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the NDepend blog. You can check out the original here, at their site. While you’re there, check out NDepend and download a trial. There’s a cute term for a blog post or article that advertises, in its title, a number of points of interest. For example, “9…
About a month ago, I re-posted something that I had written about tech debt for the Infragistics blog. This turned out to be a popular post, and it generated some reader questions. Today, I answer one of those questions, which basically amounts to “wherefore tech debt?” What generates tech debt? No doubt, you’ve heard the Shakespeare-as-Juliet…
