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Master Software Architecture: A Pragmatic Guide
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The world of software architecture is enormously complex. In addition to the vast number of topics like business analysis, deployment strategy, evolution, and security, engineers must deal with various trade-offs when making architectural decisions.
Explore it with this simple and practical guide. Step by step, you will learn the key fundamentals and most critical parts of software architecture. This guide is all about real-world advice—no fluff, no unnecessary details. It's just clear, helpful content that you can use right away. The author also shares his daily methods for dealing with software architecture challenges.
Designed for all software engineers, this book is a comprehensive resource that caters to a wide range of professionals - from software developers and architects to tech leads and project managers.
The world of software architecture is enormously complex. In addition to the vast number of topics like business analysis, deployment strategy, evolution, and security, engineers must deal with various trade-offs when making architectural decisions.
Explore it with this simple and practical guide. Step by step, you will learn the key fundamentals and most critical parts of software architecture. This guide is all about real-world advice—no fluff, no unnecessary details. It's just clear, helpful content that you can use right away. The author also shares his daily methods for dealing with software architecture challenges.
Designed for all software engineers, this book is a comprehensive resource that caters to a wide range of professionals - from software developers and architects to tech leads and project managers.
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First published August 26, 2024
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January 5, 2025
A good book. It presents software architecture planning very well, with detailed descriptions, diagrams, and pictures. I was already familiar with these topics, but it’s always good to revisit and review them occasionally, especially in the context of my own projects.
September 11, 2024
What I found is a very good book on Software Engineering -> Software Architect, along with the complications that come with a new "workstream" (because, in my mind, architect isn't necessarily a role), more like a "Pragmatic Architect," which fits well with the title. It's something I can recommend to Regular+/Senior people in the company if they need condensed knowledge about what software engineering is like at a slightly higher level of abstraction.
What surprised me, though, was how many practical principles and useful tips I found for myself. Maciej has linked together most of the trends you've seen at conferences (Domain Storytelling, Event Storming, User Story Mapping, mapping Bounded Contexts) into one digestible whole. What especially charmed me was the number of useful diagrams, behavior schemes, templates, and ready-to-use practices. The older I get, the more I appreciate opinionated books—after 10+ years in the industry, I've learned that "it depends," and I value the coherent approach adopted by a specific person. That's why I liked "The Engineering Executive's Primer" by Will Larson, and that's why I like "Master Software Architecture: A Pragmatic Guide" as well. Maciej isn't afraid to have opinions, and that's a Very Good Thing.
What surprised me, though, was how many practical principles and useful tips I found for myself. Maciej has linked together most of the trends you've seen at conferences (Domain Storytelling, Event Storming, User Story Mapping, mapping Bounded Contexts) into one digestible whole. What especially charmed me was the number of useful diagrams, behavior schemes, templates, and ready-to-use practices. The older I get, the more I appreciate opinionated books—after 10+ years in the industry, I've learned that "it depends," and I value the coherent approach adopted by a specific person. That's why I liked "The Engineering Executive's Primer" by Will Larson, and that's why I like "Master Software Architecture: A Pragmatic Guide" as well. Maciej isn't afraid to have opinions, and that's a Very Good Thing.
October 21, 2024
This is a book that simply connects all the dots.
After reading this book, you will have a path to follow to create your ideal architecture.
It explains the best tools and techniques to understand, document, architect, deploy, and release your software.
It is a must-read for any software developer who aims to become an architect.
PS:
I was reading the EventStorming part the day before attending a workshop about that topic by Alberto Brandolini. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that many things explained by Alberto were already in this book plus some personal POVs from the author.
After reading this book, you will have a path to follow to create your ideal architecture.
It explains the best tools and techniques to understand, document, architect, deploy, and release your software.
It is a must-read for any software developer who aims to become an architect.
PS:
I was reading the EventStorming part the day before attending a workshop about that topic by Alberto Brandolini. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that many things explained by Alberto were already in this book plus some personal POVs from the author.
October 27, 2024
A great read on how to structure how you think about full life cycle Software Architecture. Most software architecture books in the market talk specifically about implementation patterns but Jedrzewski takes the technical topic and layers in business domains, organizational concepts and structuring your delivery in a pragmatic book.
I highly recommend for everyone in the software industry. I think the value is there regardless if you are just starting your career or a seasons industry veteran as a reference against your current organizaiton.
I highly recommend for everyone in the software industry. I think the value is there regardless if you are just starting your career or a seasons industry veteran as a reference against your current organizaiton.
August 15, 2024
I had the pleasure of being one of the beta readers of this book, and I can highly recommend it.
It's a very pragmatic start-to-finish approach to Software Architecture. It's a practical resource, perfect for those beginning their architecture journey.
It's a very pragmatic start-to-finish approach to Software Architecture. It's a practical resource, perfect for those beginning their architecture journey.
September 3, 2024
This book is a great recipe on how to become a decent software architect.
You can follow it one chapter after another and create a system that maintainable, not over engineered and pleasant to work with.
It was such an enjoyable read that I regret this book wasn't a bit longer ;-)
You can follow it one chapter after another and create a system that maintainable, not over engineered and pleasant to work with.
It was such an enjoyable read that I regret this book wasn't a bit longer ;-)
May 7, 2025
The book has good and pragmatic practices/techniques on how to approach software architecture but it's more of a "Intro to software architecture" rather than mastering
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