Architecture.Next: Invalidating old axioms

Mark Richards (Self-employed)

9:45am–10:05am Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Location: Grand Ballroom

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Software architecture has always been full of axioms—rules for creating solutions for business problems. However, in today’s fast-paced world full of change, software architecture is in a constant state of dynamic equilibrium, consequently invalidating many of the axioms software architects live by. Mark Richards challenges some of the tried-and-true axioms in software architecture and shows you how to manage the ever-changing state of software architecture.

Mark Richards

Self-employed

Mark Richards is an experienced hands-on software architect involved in the architecture, design, and implementation of microservices architectures, service-oriented architectures, and distributed systems. He’s been in the software industry since 1983 and has significant experience and expertise in application, integration, and enterprise architecture. Mark is the founder of Developertoarchitect.com, a website devoted to helping developers in the journey to software architect. He’s the author of numerous O’Reilly technical books and videos, including several books on microservices, the Software Architecture Fundamentals video series, Enterprise Messaging video series, Java Message Service, second edition, and a contributing author to 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know. Mark has a master’s degree in computer science and numerous architect and developer certifications from IBM, Sun Microsystems, The Open Group, and Oracle. He’s spoken at hundreds of conferences and user groups around the world on a variety of enterprise-related technical topics.