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@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ The second fundamental unit of architecture is *connectors*. Connectors are code
Even with carefully selected architectures, systems can still be difficult to put together, leading to *architectural mismatch*<garlan95>. When mismatch occurs, connecting two styles can require dramatic amounts of code to connect, imposing significant risk of defects and cost of maintenance. One common example of mismatches occurs with the ubiquitous use of database schemas with client/server web-applications. A single change in a database schema can often result in dramatic changes in an application, as every line of code that uses that part of the scheme either directly or indirectly must be updated<qiu13>. This kind of mismatch occurs because the component that manages data (the database) and the component that renders data (the user interface) are highly "coupled" with the database schema: the user interface needs to know _a lot_ about the data, its meaning, and its structure in order to render it meaningfully. Even with carefully selected architectures, systems can still be difficult to put together, leading to *architectural mismatch*<garlan95>. When mismatch occurs, connecting two styles can require dramatic amounts of code to connect, imposing significant risk of defects and cost of maintenance. One common example of mismatches occurs with the ubiquitous use of database schemas with client/server web-applications. A single change in a database schema can often result in dramatic changes in an application, as every line of code that uses that part of the scheme either directly or indirectly must be updated<qiu13>. This kind of mismatch occurs because the component that manages data (the database) and the component that renders data (the user interface) are highly "coupled" with the database schema: the user interface needs to know _a lot_ about the data, its meaning, and its structure in order to render it meaningfully.
The most common approach to dealing with both architectural mismatch and the changing of requirements over time is *refactoring*, which means changing the _architecture_ of an implementation without changing its behavior. Refactoring is something most developers do as part of changing a system<murphyhill09,silva16>. Refactoring code to eliminate mismatch and technical debt can simplify change in the future, saving time<ng06> and prevent future defects<kim12>. However, because refactoring remains challenging, the difficulty of changing an architecture is often used as a rationale for rejecting demands for change from users. For example, Google does not allow one to change their Gmail address, which greatly harms people who have changed their name (such as this author when she came out as a trans woman), forcing them to either live with an address that includes their old name, or abandon their Google account, with no ability to transfer documents or settings. The rationale for this has nothing to do with policy and everything to do with the fact that the original architecture of Gmail treats the email address as a stable, unique identifier for an account. Changing this basic assumption throughout Gmail's implementation would be an immense refactoring task. The most common approach to dealing with both architectural mismatch and the changing of requirements over time is *refactoring*, which means changing the _architecture_ of an implementation without changing its behavior. Refactoring is something most developers do as part of changing a system<murphyhill09,silva16>. Refactoring code to eliminate mismatch and technical debt can simplify change in the future, saving time<ng06> and preventing future defects<kim12>. However, because refactoring remains challenging, the difficulty of changing an architecture is often used as a rationale for rejecting demands for change from users. For example, Google does not allow one to change their Gmail address, which greatly harms people who have changed their name (such as this author when she came out as a trans woman), forcing them to either live with an address that includes their old name, or abandon their Google account, with no ability to transfer documents or settings. The rationale for this has nothing to do with policy and everything to do with the fact that the original architecture of Gmail treats the email address as a stable, unique identifier for an account. Changing this basic assumption throughout Gmail's implementation would be an immense refactoring task.
Research on the actual activity of software architecture is actually somewhat sparse. One of the more recent syntheses of this work is Petre et al.'s book, _Software Design Decoded_<petre16>, which distills many of the practices and skills of software design into a set of succinct ideas. For example, the book states, "_Every design problem has multiple, if not infinite, ways of solving it. Experts strongly prefer simpler solutions over complex ones, for they know that such solutions are easier to understand and change in the future._" And yet, in practice, studies of how projects use APIs often show that developers do the exact opposite, building projects with dependencies on large numbers of sometimes trivial APIs. Some behavior suggests that while software _architects_ like simplicity of implementation, software _developers_ are often choosing whatever is easiest to build, rather than whatever is least risky to maintain over time<abdalkareem17>. Research on the actual activity of software architecture is actually somewhat sparse. One of the more recent syntheses of this work is Petre et al.'s book, _Software Design Decoded_<petre16>, which distills many of the practices and skills of software design into a set of succinct ideas. For example, the book states, "_Every design problem has multiple, if not infinite, ways of solving it. Experts strongly prefer simpler solutions over complex ones, for they know that such solutions are easier to understand and change in the future._" And yet, in practice, studies of how projects use APIs often show that developers do the exact opposite, building projects with dependencies on large numbers of sometimes trivial APIs. Some behavior suggests that while software _architects_ like simplicity of implementation, software _developers_ are often choosing whatever is easiest to build, rather than whatever is least risky to maintain over time<abdalkareem17>.