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Carter and Nathan discuss the challenges of software architecture, focusing on strategies and insights from the book 'Software Architecture: The Hard Parts'.

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan begin discussing Software Architecture: The Hard Parts!Join the Book Overflow Discord here! https://discord.gg/ZwS2fqW7ZZ -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.----------------------------------------------------------Software Architecture: The Hard Parts--00:00 Intro04:20 Service Architecture Strategy15:36 When Good Strategy Goes Bad20:52 Stripe's Developer API Strategy38:39 Strategy and the Curse of Knowledge51:16 Making Time for Strategy58:16 Final Thoughts------Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5LApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpodCarter on X: https://x.com/cartermorganNathan's Functionally Imperative: www.functionallyimperative.com----------------Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our…

People in this episode

Hosts: Carter Morgan, Nathan Toups

Topics covered

• Software Architecture
• Microservices
• Service Architecture Strategy
• Developer API Strategy
• Curse of Knowledge
• Coaching

Keywords

• software architecture
• microservices
• service architecture strategy
• developer API
• curse of knowledge
• technical books

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stripe, Book Overflow, Leland, Functionally Imperative

Books & works: Software Architecture: The Hard Parts

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