I tend not to do many non technical posts but this one if for a work colleague of my mum. Charlie is the nephew of my mum's colleague and he has had many health problems since he was born. They have been raising funds for an operation in the USA for a while now. Mountain Warehouse have a competition going to give £5000 to a good cause or charity event which is taking place. Charlie's cause has been short-listed as one of the 10 who have a chance of getting this money which would go towards his operation. ......
While I am a huge fan of cloud and agile when they are done well, as an architect I am very cautious about some of the dangers which can result from the way good architecture can be side stepped by the "just get it done quick and simple mentality" which agile sometimes falls into and that cloud can make it easy to happen.Anyone who knows me well will know that as an architect I am a big fan of a decision making framework where decisions are made by looking at the options in terms of delivery, design, ......