So, let me get this straight. You just got out of college, and you think every system needs to be distributed? That's your big revelation? Let's think about that for a second. Distributed systems are complex, they're expensive, and they're a headache to maintain. You ever heard of KISS? 'Keep It Simple, Stupid.' That's Engineering... See more

This great convenience and productivity booster also brings a whole new form of lock-in. Hybrid/multi-cloud setups, which seem to attract many architects' attention these days, are a good example of the kind of things you'll have to think of when dealing with lock-in. Let's say you have an application that you'd like to deploy to the cloud. Easy... See more