42 architecturalist papers: filling a glass with water is easy, building a glass is hard.So my dad is one of those legendary figures in modern science. His H-index is 70+. His research transformed what we think of as hospital…Apr 10, 2021Apr 10, 2021
architecturalist papers 41: An Easter Lesson, Sexism and Academic Research ValuesPersonal observations about Easter.Apr 4, 2021Apr 4, 2021
38 architecturalist papers: A minimalist SaaS definition for enabling Service ownershipIn the tech industry, there are as many ways to buy products as there are companies.Mar 20, 2021Mar 20, 2021
36 architecturalist papers: multi-tenancy and isolation primitivesOver the years, I have struggled with multi-tenancy. The definition of it feels fluid and imprecise.Mar 10, 20211Mar 10, 20211
35 architecturalist papers: αντίσταση ποιότηταςMy father is Charalampos Roussos. His H-Index is 76. He was a key player in creating modern hospital medicine. He did that as a side…Mar 8, 20213Mar 8, 20213
34 architecturalist papers: how to interview a senior engineerWhen I started my career in software engineering, I didn’t know how to interview. But I did know that the basic paradigm was engineered to…Mar 5, 2021Mar 5, 2021
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The last ten years of my career are an example of how linear progression is a myth.In 2009, I left NetApp in a huff. My attempts to redirect our investment strategy to either pursuing aggressive investments in replication…Jan 2, 20201Jan 2, 20201
21 architecturalist papers: always be right, right now.(From my personal blog: http://wrongtool.kostadis.com/21-architecturalist-papers-always-be-right-right-now/)Jan 1, 20201Jan 1, 20201
Sailing with a real Zorba The GreekIn my life, I have been blessed with a great many friends, and my dad’s relationship with Santorini and Santorinian’s. One of those rare…Aug 18, 2018Aug 18, 2018
13 architecturalist papers: getting to mainstream(cross posted from: http://wrongtool.kostadis.com/13-architecturalist-papers-getting-to-mainstream/)Jun 10, 2018Jun 10, 2018
When I first became an architect at NetApp, I thought the job was to draw a picture, get the…The mental model I had was that there was this massive “power-point to product” compiler and all I had to do was draw the power-point.May 31, 2018May 31, 2018
12 architecturalist papers: people write softwareWhen I first became an architect at NetApp, I thought the job was to draw a picture, get the picture approved and then the software would…May 30, 2018May 30, 2018
11 architecturalist papers — The area under the graph(x-ported from http://wrongtool.kostadis.com)Apr 19, 2018Apr 19, 2018
09 architecturalist papers: draw me a picture(cross posted from my blog wrongtool.kostadis.com)Apr 5, 2018Apr 5, 2018
Sitting at Melitis Cafe in Santorini.The last few news days have been impossible for me.Aug 14, 2017Aug 14, 2017
Unclear what happenedNatasha and I were in Hawaii and we agreed to do a Half Ironman. See I didn’t want to do the bike leg, and she wanted a new bike…Jul 17, 2017Jul 17, 2017
If you can’t change your job you can’t possibly be free.If in 2008 I had a non compete that I couldn’t go to zynga, as well as a host of gaming executives could not go, zynga never changes the…Jul 16, 2017Jul 16, 2017