Architects

I am a software architect. You know, like in the 90's. For years, my life was great. I was the CTO’s champion in the boardroom, fighting great battles against the fire breathing dragons of Ad Hoc Design and the evil wizards of Commercial Off-The-Shelf Software. …

As an architect, you have a unique set of skills and talents that can be highly valuable to a variety of clients. One platform that allows you to connect with these clients and offer your services is Fiverr. Here are five reasons why architects should consider joining Fiverr: 1. Flexibility

Are you tired of feeling guilty every time you walk into a new building and think about all the resources that were wasted in its construction? Well, fear not! The solution is here: sustainable materials in architecture. Sustainable materials are building materials that are environmentally friendly and have a minimal…

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” — Albert Einstein Material eco-responsibility in architecture involves selecting building materials that are environmentally responsible and have a minimal impact on the environment throughout their lifecycle. …

Another year ends and it seems like it’s time for another introspective (a previous one can be found here about my time at KAYAK). Since I wrote that blog, I joined Wayfair’s Core Platform Team as an Architect and what I did was very similar to what I did at…

The difference between the perspective of a backend engineer and a data engineer — Although I have been working with data in the past, this year, I have been working closely with data engineers and finally fully realized the concept of data-centric. We all know that applications are made up of data, so as a backend engineer or architect, we must be involved in…

I’m an architect living in the USA and a fan of music, entrepreneurship, and technology. I also enjoy travel and the arts. Hi, I’m Marek. 1. What interested you in the topic of travel and arts? 2. Do you have any advice on how to save money when traveling? I’m an architect and a fan of music. When it comes to…

In this post, we are going to take a look at why we need to design failure modes for our software and applications, so that we can contain the damage and protect the rest of the system from complete failures. Before diving into the topic, first we need to understand…

I came across the term “Bounded Rationality” in Donella Meadows’ groundbreaking book Thinking in Systems. The term was originally coined by Nobel laureate Herbert Simon in 1982 and in part it challenges the concept of homo economicus. Homo economicus implies that humans are agents who are perfectly rational and narrowly…