Gregor Hohpe's Blog: The Architect Elevator Blog

October 9, 2025

We renamed everything thrice. Still, nothing improved.

If you want change, you first must understand the root cause.
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Published on October 09, 2025 20:00

September 14, 2025

Transformation Gremlins

Trying to make something novel under existing constraints leads to Gremlins.
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Published on September 14, 2025 20:00

February 28, 2025

(Naive) Reuse Considered Harmful?

Reuse per boxes and lines is great if you have no operational needs...
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Published on February 28, 2025 19:00

January 7, 2025

Enterprise Architects: From Cartographers to Scouts

Check the map, and then go have a look for yourself.
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Published on January 07, 2025 19:00

January 1, 2025

Architecture is a game of constraint satisfaction.

When progress removes major constraints, it's time to recalibrate your heuristics.
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Published on January 01, 2025 19:00

July 14, 2024

Is AWS Lambda a Halo Product?

Shiny, advanced, a strong fan following, but lack of mainstream adoption---the trademarks of a halo product. Sounds like AWS Lambda?
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Published on July 14, 2024 20:00

July 3, 2024

Are Business Architects Always Grumpy?

Or: why do IT architects seem have more fun?
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Published on July 03, 2024 20:00

Why Are Business Architects Always Grumpy?

Or: why do IT architects have more fun?
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Published on July 03, 2024 20:00

June 21, 2024

Old Books that Every Architect Should Read

If architecture is timeless, so should be the books about it. Here's a book list with some classics.
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Published on June 21, 2024 20:00

June 20, 2024

Coupling and Control Flow in Distributed Systems

Dissecting a buzzword takes more than a single blog post. Here's the start of a new blog series.
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Published on June 20, 2024 20:00