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The essence of architectural work - Part 5

August 7, 2026
Hole in a rock face (seen near Malaga, Spain)

The essence of architectural work - Part 4

July 17, 2026
Mediterranean landscape (seen near Malaga, Spain)

The essence of architectural work - Part 3

June 26, 2026
Barren landscape (seen near Malaga, Spain)

The essence of architectural work - Part 2

June 5, 2026
Inflow to an old hydroelectric power plant (seen near Malaga, Spain)

The essence of architectural work - Part 1

May 15, 2026
Railway track cut through a mountain (seen near Malaga, Spain)
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Simplify! - Part 10

Accidental complexity at an architectural level (part 1)

August 28, 2020 Uwe Friedrichsen

16 minute read

Duck with ducklings on a lawn

In the previous post, I discussed the technology explosion we could observe in the recent years, its drivers, how it often creates unneeded complexity, reinforcing drivers and what we can do about it.

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    • Rethinking IT
    • Architecture
    • complexity
    • robustness

The laws of architectural work

Understanding architectural decisions

August 21, 2020 Uwe Friedrichsen

9 minute read

Floor mosaic (seen at Géllert Thermal Bath, Budapest, Hungaria)

After completing the short “OSS” blog series series and before returning to the “Simplify!” blog series that grew quite a lot while writing, I would like to discuss a completely different topic. I call it “the two first laws of architectural work”.

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    • Architecture
    • laws
    • trade-offs

Open Source Software - Part 3

OSS in a cloud native world

August 14, 2020 Uwe Friedrichsen

11 minute read

Pink flowers

In the previous post, I discussed the two most widespread misconceptions about OSS, that OSS is for free and that it does not create any lock-in.

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    • Architecture
    • Rethinking IT
    • oss
    • cloud native

Open Source Software - Part 2

Misconceptions about OSS

August 7, 2020 Uwe Friedrichsen

15 minute read

Green leaves

In the previous post, I discussed the rise of OSS, the positive effects it had and how it changed software development. At the end of the post I mentioned that also some misconceptions sneaked in. These I will discuss in this post.

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    • Architecture
    • Rethinking IT
    • oss
    • misconceptions
    • TCO

Open Source Software - Part 1

The rise of OSS

July 31, 2020 Uwe Friedrichsen

11 minute read

Red leaves (with a few green ones between them)

When I started to discuss accidental complexity on the architectural level in my “Simplify!” blog series, I quickly realized that I needed to discuss Open Source Software (OSS) first as it often acts as a driver of accidental complexity on the architectural level today.

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    • Architecture
    • Rethinking IT
    • oss
    • democratization of IT
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Uwe Friedrichsen

Uwe Friedrichsen

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Recent Posts

The essence of architectural work - Part 5

August 7, 2026
Hole in a rock face (seen near Malaga, Spain)

The essence of architectural work - Part 4

July 17, 2026
Mediterranean landscape (seen near Malaga, Spain)

The essence of architectural work - Part 3

June 26, 2026
Barren landscape (seen near Malaga, Spain)

The essence of architectural work - Part 2

June 5, 2026
Inflow to an old hydroelectric power plant (seen near Malaga, Spain)

The essence of architectural work - Part 1

May 15, 2026
Railway track cut through a mountain (seen near Malaga, Spain)
View more posts

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Hi, I am Uwe, travelling the world of IT for many years. I worked in many roles in and around IT. Sharing my thought, ideas and insights here.

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