Category Archives: Architecture

Don’t confuse Service Oriented Architecture with writing services

Something I’ve witnessed many times in many different places, is a confusion between service oriented architecture and the use of services (usually web services). Separating an amorphous block of code with an interface and JAX-RPC or WCF makes you no … Continue reading

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Bitcoin Overview

Bitcoin is a hugely interesting technology.  The social aspects and impacts aside, and purely from a technology perspective, Bitcoin appears to be a neat, elegant solution to the major challenges of electronic currency – specifically trust, integrity and control. To help … Continue reading

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The Importance of Consumability

Consumability is a word that my blogging software hotly denies is a real word (with an angry red underline), but it is probably the most important word an architect needs to keep in the forefront of their minds and be … Continue reading

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