Breaking the Architecture Bottleneck • Andrew Harmel-Law & Marit van Dijk

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. https://gotopia.tech Andrew Harmel-Law - Technical Principal at Thoughtworks & Author of "Facilitating Software Architecture" Marit van Dijk - Developer Advocate at JetBrains, Java Champion & Open Source Contributor RESOURCES Andrew https://bsky.app/profile/andrewhl.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewharmellaw https://andrewharmellaw.github.io Marit https://bsky.app/profile/maritvandijk.bsky.social https://linkedin.com/in/maritvandijk https://medium.com/@mlvandijk https://maritvandijk.com Links https://facilitatingsoftwarearchitecture.com https://ruthmalan.com https://www.linkedin.com/pulse DESCRIPTION Andrew Harmel-Law discusses their book "Facilitating Software Architecture" and how traditional architecture approaches often become bottlenecks that slow down high-performing development teams. Rather than architects making top-down decisions in isolation, they advocate for a facilitation approach centered on the "advice process". This collaborative method shifts the architect"s role from decision-maker to conversation facilitator. The approach has proven successful even in traditional corporate environments, ultimately creating more maintainable code bases where development teams actually enjoy working and can respond effectively to changing requirements. RECOMMENDED BOOK Andrew Harmel-Law • Facilitating Software Architecture • https://amzn.eu/d/5kZKVfU Bluesky Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!