5 Things Every Developer Should Know about Software Architecture
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Argues that teams must do just enough upfront design — identify high‑risk decisions, run concrete experiments/proofs of concept, and stop when scope, key requirements and confidence are clear; reports UML use at roughly 1 in 10 developers and promotes a visual ubiquitous language instead. Recommends the C4 model and diagrams‑as‑code tooling (Structurizr/Structurizer DSL, PlantUML, Mermaid) and describes building an open‑source DSL/CLI to generate multi‑level C4 diagrams, which succeeds at producing consistent, reusable architecture maps.
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- 0:00Intro
- 0:251. Software architecture isn't about big design upfront
- 10:242. Every software team needs to consider software architecture
- 12:353. The software architecture role is about coding, coaching & collaboration
- 17:314. You don't need to use UML
- 24:325. A good software architecture enables agility
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