(2021-10-31) Thoughtworks Radar

The new Thoughtworks Radar bundle is out. Themes:

• Kafka - maybe actually over-used, esp when not needed (over-architecting)
• beware "slippery slope of convenience", "clever tech" (data pipeline workflow tools) to work around unnecessary complexity, vs adaptive approaches like data-mesh
• Conway's Law, team topologies
• SPACE model of developer productivity
• convergence of platform standards on Kubernetes and Kafka