Cognitive Biases Driven Architecture?
summary
The talk explains how common cognitive biases (decision-making errors) affect software architecture choices—like selecting microservices, CQRS, Event Storming or Event Sourcing—and why those choices are hard to change later. It lists the most frequent biases seen in projects and training, shows how they distort architects’ and developers’ judgments, and presents practical tools and techniques to mitigate those bias-driven mistakes in architectural design.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 5:59Cognitive biases in architecture
- 10:18Decision-making systems
- 17:02Heuristics in tech choices
- 26:29ADR to counter errors
- 33:37Planning fallacy and optimism
- 38:13Sunk cost effect
- 41:32Summary
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