Show me an architecture no one questions,
and I’ll show you a system no one understands.
A few years back, I walked into a post-mortem where the architecture was being blamed for everything from latency spikes to the office coffee machine malfunctioning.
The architect? Well, he was calm. Unbothered. Certain.
“It’s not the design,” he said.
“The team just didn’t implement it properly.”
There it was: the dead giveaway. He wasn’t doubting the design. He was defending it like gospel.
Right then, I knew.
The most dangerous architect isn’t the one who lacks answers.
It’s the one who never asks questions.
If you’re an architect or becoming one, doubt isn’t your enemy.
It’s your sharpest tool.