https://dev.ahill.net/tags/architecture/Recent content in Architecture on Virtual AndyHugo -- 0.148.2enSat, 27 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000https://dev.ahill.net/2026/06/27/architecture-grief/Sat, 27 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000https://dev.ahill.net/2026/06/27/architecture-grief/Software engineers don’t just inherit systems, they inherit the constraints that shaped them. This post explores what I call Architecture Grief: the process of coming to terms with the reality that systems are shaped by constraints that cannot simply be engineered away, and how the five stages of grief provide a surprisingly useful framework for understanding architecture maturity.https://dev.ahill.net/2021/10/12/on-the-big-rewrite/Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:34:15 +0000https://virtualandy.wordpress.com/?p=1537A mirror of John Rauser’s thread about big rewrites and why they are usually more complicated than they look.