Neal Ford Reflects on "Building Evolutionary Architectures"

In this special episode of Book Overflow, Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups are joined by Neal Ford as he reflects on his book Building Evolutionary Architectures. Join them as they discuss the inspiration for the book, the process of writing it with three other co-authors, and how Neal envisions the future of software architecture!

-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --
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Building Evolutionary Architectures
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Fundamentals of Software Architecture
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Refactoring Databases
https://amzn.to/3XN1gtt (Paid Link)

Software Architecture: The Hard Parts
https://amzn.to/3B6WZJs (Paid Link)

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00:00 Intro
02:37 Meeting at Random Coffeeshop in Germany
04:43 Motivation for writing the book, working with co-authors, and ASCIIDOC
14:37 Pitfalls and Anti-patterns
18:33 Last Responsible Moment
23:52 Inverse Conway Maneuver
31:42 AI Tools and Evolutionary Architecture
38:03 Connascence and Coupling
45:03 Orthogonal Coupling, Aspect-Oriented Architecture, and Governance Mesh
51:29 Change and Continuous Learning
01:00:07 Final Thoughts

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