Gregor Hohpe 3/1/2025

(Naive) Reuse Considered Harmful?

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This article argues that naive reuse of shared services in enterprise architecture can be harmful, despite its apparent benefits of reducing complexity and cost. It explains that static architectural models ignore dynamic operational realities, using a case study of a bank's shared SMS service for both time-sensitive OTPs and bulk marketing messages to illustrate how mismatched requirements create problems like quota issues and latency conflicts.

(Naive) Reuse Considered Harmful?

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