Ipsita Agarwal
Case studies in rearchitecting
How Buffer, ThoughtWorks, N26, and Zapier have shifted their software to respond to new contexts and met new needs.
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Software Architecture
This issue presents perspectives on the theory and practice of software architecture—and how to architect effective, scalable software systems for the future.
Vicki Boykis
Architecture for generations
On knowledge-sharing, mentorship, and the systems we make (and remake).
Scott Wlaschin
A primer on functional architecture
Approachable ideas and best practices to help engineering teams apply the principles of functional programming to high-level design and architecture.
John Millikin
Exit the haunted forest
Enough is enough with that thicket of code impeding nearby work, trapping the unwary, discouraging the inexperienced, and exhausting veteran developers!
Philippe Lafoucrière
The process: Rearchitecting after acquisition
How Gemnasium balanced speed, efficacy, and the notion of perfection as they rebuilt their source code.
Andrew Howden
Systems analysis through postmortems
Postmortems can help measure the unknown in working software systems. They can also inform changes that make those systems more resilient—and better understood.
Glenn Fleishman
In space, no one can hear you kernel panic
For NASA, redundancy is all-important. (Why send a single server beyond the stratosphere when you can send five?)Increment Staff
Software architecture at scale
Leaders at Foursquare, Hulu, and Twitter discuss early architecture decisions, downstream effects, and architectural philosophies.Tomasz Kania-Orzeł
Ask an expert: What’s the best way to upgrade an outdated codebase?
Monterail’s head of technology prioritizes flexibility and sustainability via microservices and gradual—but total—rewrites.Hannah H. Kim
Interview: Nick Woods
The former lead architect of Apple’s iCloud Photo Library talks infrastructure, privacy, and system design.
Chris Stokel-Walker
Illuminating the grid
While the way we consume electricity has changed dramatically, utilities have been slow to catch up. Here’s a look at the challenges facing the software powering our electrical grids—and some of the proposed solutions.Chuka Ebi
The rise of nanoservices
A call to consider the flexibility of extra-small microservices powered by serverless computing.Romello Goodman
A monorepo renaissance
Considering the unified vision of monorepos powered by serverless computing.Lisa Phillips
Architecting privacy
How to protect user data at every layer of a web application.
