Architecture as Science
summary
Argues software architecture must move from vibes to measurable claims, showing work through a PhD that develops experiments and peer-reviewed evidence rather than anecdotes; demonstrates why single customer case studies fail to prove generality and rejects case studies as proof; maps history into two paradigms (computational vs engineering) and calls architecture a form of pre-science that needs falsifiable methods, warns against scientism, and urges bottom-up, repeatable verification before adoption.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Industry challenges
- 7:36Architecture's identity crisis
- 11:53Architecture runs on vibes
- 18:55Scientism in architecture
- 23:12History of software thought
- 30:11Software engineering paradigms
- 35:52Pre-science in architecture
- 39:03Rigor in architectural methods
- 41:30Feyerabend and bold thinking
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