Refactor This with Mark Richards: Diving into Refactoring with a Hands-on Architect

In this episode of Refactor This, we speak with Mark Richards. Mark is a hands-on software architect, author of seven O’Reilly books, including Software Architecture: The Hard Parts, and founder of developertoarchitect.com, a website dedicated to resources and training for developers who are looking to move into architecture. With over three decades of experience in the industry, a majority of those as a software architect, Mark now spends the majority of his time consulting and giving back to the developer community through workshops and trainings.

In this episode, we discuss:

What does it mean to refactor an architecture? (4:00)
What is exactly the difference between code refactoring and architectural refactoring? (7:00)
How do you manage and control architectural refactoring? (11:50)
Examples of real-world architecture stories (19:05)