Quotes

Some quotes by renowned Software Architecture experts have the power to ignite inspiration and transform the way you see the world of technology.

95% of the words [about software architecture] are spent extolling the benefits of "modularity" and that little, if anything, is said about how to achieve it.

— Glenford J. Meyers (1978)

Everything in software architecture is a trade-off.

— First Law of Software Architecture (The Fundamentals of Software Architecture - Richards & Ford)

Why is more important than how.

— Second Law of Software Architecture (The Fundamentals of Software Architecture - Richards & Ford)

...because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know.

— Former Unites States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld