Master Software Architecture • Maciej «MJ» Jedrzejewski & Artur Skowroński • GOTO 2024

Architecture is not static - it needs continuous attention and evolution alongside business needs, otherwise systems risk becoming unmaintainable over time

Common architectural “silver bullets” like microservices, caching, or DDD should not be treated as universal solutions - every decision has tradeoffs and needs to fit the specific context

Lack of focus on architecture leads to exponentially growing maintenance costs in 3-5 years, even though the impact is not immediately visible

Platform engineering is emerging as a major trend, focusing on empowering developers with better tools and platforms to build upon

Testing distributed systems is significantly more complex than monoliths due to network issues, latency, partitioning - these challenges are often underestimated

Business stakeholders only notice architecture when there are problems - good architecture is invisible but critical for long-term sustainability

Self-publishing technical books gives authors more creative freedom and higher revenue share (80%+) compared to traditional publishing (20% or less)

Successful architecture requires continuous learning across multiple domains - from infrastructure to modeling to business analysis

Architecture decisions need to consider testing approaches, deployment strategies, and release processes - not just the technical implementation

AI should be viewed as a supporting tool rather than a complete solution to architectural challenges - it won’t automatically fix poor system design or unclear requirements