Software Architecture's Biggest Enemy (Not What You Think)
Why do so many software engineering teams see their development speed slow to a crawl? In this video, Dave Farley explores the single biggest challenge in modern software engineering and programming: coupling. Join Dave Farley as he breaks down Michael Nygard’s 5 distinct types of coupling in software engineering: Operational Coupling (Runtime dependencies) Developmental Coupling (Code that must change in lockstep) Semantic Coupling (Shared concepts and meanings) Functional Coupling (Competing implementations of the same logic) Incidental Coupling (Accidental or pure-chance dependencies) Learn how to identify the warning signs of a highly coupled architecture, such as slow builds, complex test setups, and blocked teams—and discover the two core strategies to escape the "Disaster Zone" (Strong Coupling + Slow Feedback). Whether you use continuous integration or loose modular design, this video provides the essential rules of thumb to keep your software soft enough to change. - 🎓 HOW TO MANAGE COUPLING | FREE GUIDE: My latest "How To Guide" includes explanations and advice on different types of coupling, how to spot uncontrolled coupling & techniques for managing coupling. Get your guide FOR FREE, here ➡️ https://www.subscribepage.com/coupling 🎓 FREE ARCHITECTURE WEBINAR: Gain a clearer understanding of modern software architecture and design. Spend an hour with industry expert Dave Farley in this Free Tutorial as he explains the essential tools of software engineering and how to apply them in practice. ENROLL HERE ➡️ https://courses.cd.training/courses/d... - Dave on: X ➡️ https://x.com/davefarley77 LinkedIn ➡️ / dave-farley-a67927 bluesky ➡️ https://bsky.app/profile/davefarley77... Modern Software Engineering on X ➡️ https://x.com/ModernSoftwareX Modern Software Engineering on LinkedIn ➡️ / modern-software-engineering Modern Software Engineering on bluesky ➡️ https://bsky.app/profile/modernswe.bs... - ⭐ PATREON: Join the Continuous Delivery community and access extra perks & content! ➡️ https://bit.ly/ContinuousDeliveryPatreon 🎥 Join Us On TikTok ➡️ / modern.s.engineering - 👕 T-SHIRTS: A fan of the T-shirts I wear in my videos? Grab your own, at reduced prices EXCLUSIVE TO CONTINUOUS DELIVERY FOLLOWERS! Get money off the already reasonably priced t-shirts! 🔗 Check out their collection HERE: ➡️ https://bit.ly/3Uby9iA 🚨 DON'T FORGET TO USE THIS DISCOUNT CODE: ContinuousDelivery - CHANNEL SPONSORS: Octopus Deploy sets the standard for Continuous Delivery (CD), empowering software teams to deliver value in an agile way. Globally, more than 4,000 organizations rely on its Continuous Delivery, GitOps, and release orchestration solutions to deliver swift value to their customers. Octopus efficiently orchestrates software delivery across multi-cloud, Kubernetes, data centers, and hybrid environments, whether containerized modern apps or heritage applications. With governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) at its core, Octopus supports Platform Engineering teams in their mission to provide a superior developer experience (DevEx). Octopus also actively contributes to the developer community with open-source projects. ➡️ https://bit.ly/MSExOCTDEP Equal Experts is a product software development consultancy with a network of over 1,000 experienced technology consultants globally. They increase the pace of innovation by using modern software engineering practices that embrace Continuous Delivery, Security, and Operability from the outset ➡️ https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0 TransFICC provides low-latency connectivity, automated trading workflows and e-trading systems for Fixed Income and Derivatives. TransFICC resolves the issue of market fragmentation by providing banks and asset managers with a unified low-latency, robust and scalable API, which provides connectivity to multiple trading venues while supporting numerous complex workflows across asset classes such as Rates and Credit Bonds, Repos, Mortgage-Backed Securities and Interest Rate Swaps ➡️ https://transficc.com - #softwarearchitecture #softwareengineering #softwaredevelopment
