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Kir Belevich

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Robert Cecil Martin: Clean Architecture (2017, Prentice Hall)
Obruchev, V. A.: Плутония (Russian language, 1924, Raduga Publishers, Imported by Imported Publications, Inc.)
Obruchev, V. A.: Земля Санникова (Russian language, 1926)

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reviewed Micro Frontends in Action by Michael Geers

Michael Geers: Micro Frontends in Action (Paperback, 2020, Manning Publications) 5 stars

Micro Frontends in Action

5 stars

A good introduction book to the topic, especially when it's not like there are many of them around. Very friendly and easy to read overview of different aspects of going the microfrontends route, from purely technical to organizational.

I've started to read the book after I played around with microfrontends already using Webpack Module Federation, which was actually mentioned by the author and in my opinion should definitely be included in the second edition. It's fair to say that it's a game changer not only from a bundle size and shared dependencies perspective. ESBuild implements the same concept too, following this new trend and solving the important tooling puzzle.

I personally would give a "framework-agnostic" topic a bit more pages and draw more parallels with microservices in general. React/Vue/Angular/Svelte microfrontend, encapsulated into a Custom Element with Shadow DOM / Scoped CSS, is almost literally an isolated Docker container analogue. And …

reviewed Software Architect Elevator by Gregor Hohpe

Gregor Hohpe: Software Architect Elevator (2020, O'Reilly Media, Incorporated) 4 stars

Being an architect is no longer about drawing UML diagrams and studying architectural styles. Rather, …

The Software Architect Elevator

5 stars

If I had to choose one book on the topic, it would be this one.

"Riding the elevator" analogy emphasized through the chapters is simply brilliant - it gives so much understanding even without reading anything at all but walking with this in mind.

Even though first two parts, "Architects" and "Architecture", were my main points to focus on, there is no single page that I wasn't inspired by. "Communication" and "Organizations" parts were in fact much needed and just in time to read for my current project situation. The "Transformation" one is well applicable to any more or less dramatic transformation (supported or even led by architects) happening in large companies, not limited to enterprise mastodons struggling to become "digital natives".

Definitely a career-defining reading for me.

reviewed Clean Architecture by Robert Cecil Martin

Robert Cecil Martin: Clean Architecture (2017, Prentice Hall) 4 stars

Clean Architecture

5 stars

Author makes it very clear that the architecture rules are the same whether it's 70s or present day. The role of Software Architect didn't change much when it comes to core principles and ways of thinking.

The book doesn't provide many practical examples but instead relies on a self-reflection on the personal experience, encouraging to mentally revisit some of the projects that reader used to work on. It definitely revealed many insights and helped me to name, structure and defragment those architectural decisions that were eventually right but at the same time made purely intuitive. It also clearly showed those that were applied incorrectly or were just simply unsuitable.

Highly recommended not only to current architects who will find a lot of food for thought but also to aspiring software developers who want to start thinking about architectural questions in advance and drawing diagrams before the actual programming process.