Duane Nickull posted an interesting blog entry the other day on “Forensic Architecture”. I really had no idea what exactly that was supposed to be, but his post describes it pretty well. He first outlines what the ideal process is for coming up with an appropriate system architecture. He then uses some real world examples to show how deviation occurs from this in the real world, and what lessons he has learned.
I find system architecture fascinating, so having some real world experiences documented is a cool idea. I think more interesting though is that fact that Duane is writing a book called Web 2.0 Patterns: What entrepreneurs and information architects need to know. Just learning about MVC and standarized design patterns had a big effect on how I planned for and wrote software from that point onwards. Having a book outlining architectural, design and interestingly enough social patterns for Web 2.0 is something I’m sure will be beneficial not only to decision makers, but also developers and micro-ISV’s who work with new school web applications.
Duane is a super smart guy with tons of experience – It will be very cool to see his no doubt logical and practical guidelines for Web 2.0 architecture.