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Software Architecture

Should we review the code that is generated by AI?

Posted on August 10, 2026 by Hayim Makabee

Should we review the code that is generated by AI? Yes, because Correctness is not the only important quality attribute. Even if we are 100% sure that AI will generate code that satisfies the specification, there are many other aspects … Continue reading →

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Talk on Adaptable Design Up Front in Spanish

Posted on December 29, 2021 by Hayim Makabee

This month I was invited by the FaMAF and Eclypsium to talk about “ADUF – Adaptable Design Up Front”. The FaMAF is the Faculty of Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics and Computing of the National University of Cordoba, in Argentina. Eclypsium is … Continue reading →

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My Workshop on Software Architecture for Agile Development

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Hayim Makabee

Yesterday I had the pleasure to present a full-day workshop about Software Architecture for Agile Development. The audience was composed of software architects, team leaders and senior software developers. This was the description of the workshop: This workshop will be … Continue reading →

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Hilarious: the Disasters Caused by Emergent Design in Practice

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Hayim Makabee

Several people in the Agile community believe in Emergent Design. But I think that it has caused many disasters in software development projects. See below some hilarious pictures of Emergent Design in practice, with fictional conversations illustrating the kind of … Continue reading →

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Workshop on Software Architecture for Agile Development

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Hayim Makabee

Last month I gave a workshop about Software Architecture for Agile Development, organized by ILTAM. It was very interesting, I was really pleased that the audience was engaged and asked many good questions. These workshops are an opportunity for me to … Continue reading →

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On Italian Food and the Evolution of Software Architecture

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Hayim Makabee

I really like this picture. Besides being funny, I think it is also a nice metaphor. There is no such a thing the “right software architecture”, in the same way that there is no such a thing the “right Italian … Continue reading →

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Adaptable Designs for Agile Software Development

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Hayim Makabee

The Agile Café Meetup in Israel organized a special event about “The Architect Role in the Agile Era”. I was glad to be invited to give a talk about Adaptable Software Design. Title: Adaptable Designs for Agile Software Development Abstract: This … Continue reading →

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Agile and Wrong: The Problems with Emergent Design in Pictures

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Hayim Makabee

Many idealistic Agile practitioners propose the idea of Emergent Design: “With emergent design, a development organization starts delivering functionality and lets the design emerge. Development will take a piece of functionality A and implement it using best practices and proper … Continue reading →

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Indefinite Optimism: the Problem with the Agile and Lean Mindsets

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Hayim Makabee

In the last decade we have seen a decrease of interest in Software Design and a sharp increase of interest in Agile methods. The first graph below compares the trends between Software Design and Agile. The second graph compares the … Continue reading →

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Talk: Adaptable Design Up Front (slides + video)

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

Last week I was invited to talk at the IASA eSummit on Architecture for Agile Software Development. My talk tries to answer the question: “How much Design Up Front should be done in an Agile project?” I present my approach … Continue reading →

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