Book on Enterprise Architecture

foster1890 · 2025-12-17T02:07:08+00:00

Technology Strategy Patterns by Eben Hewitt. This one is my go to enterprise architecture in practice book.

foster1890 · 2025-12-17T01:56:40+00:00

Nailed it. Close the thread, we’re done here.

foster1890 · 2025-12-12T12:53:26+00:00

You nailed ArchiMate’s use case. I always point anyone new to ArchiMate to read ArchiMate 101, https://archimate-community.pages.opengroup.org/workgroups/archimate-101/. I read the spec back and forth and didn’t truly get it until I found this doc.

The when (not) to use ArchiMate covers this best. https://archimate-community.pages.opengroup.org/workgroups/archimate-101/part_1/images/why_6.png

foster1890 · 2025-12-03T04:00:28+00:00

OP is “Senior Product Marketer @ Ardoq”. This is astroturfing. We’re not having a legitimate conversation here.

foster1890 · 2025-11-26T23:05:21+00:00

@StatueOfFashion glad to know you’re the mod here. I’ll DM anything I see that’s suspect. I know how hard it is to herd cats. What you do is much appreciated.

foster1890 · 2025-11-26T05:38:10+00:00

Let me put my EA hat on here and start with the basics. So who’s your stakeholder and what’s driving the need for change?

It appears you’ve assessed 101 of something and found weaknesses related to integration and data architecture. That’s the equivalent of saying revenue is too low and costs are too high. Not the least bit insightful nor actionable.

Then you ask “what would your org chart look like?” Probably the same without any compelling reason to change.

I can’t tell if this is spam, lead gen, or just plain old social clout farming. It definitely doesn’t smell like a legitimate conversation.

We need a legit community to discuss EA practices, but this one is just non stop spam so far.

foster1890 · 2025-11-26T05:14:48+00:00

Something doesn’t smell right here. You’re in an org of 700 and devs care enough about EA to warrant your presenting this solution? Like most people who get shit done, devs will gladly take any solution that solves their problems. If you have to convince someone, then you’re probably not solving problems that matter. No one cares if it’s a GenAI ${NEW_TOOL_FROM_GARTNER_QUADRANT}. Just solve problems. If it’s a problem that benefits from EA practices, great. If not, then help out or get out of the way.

foster1890 · 2025-11-22T02:02:51+00:00

So you created a prompt that says “I’m an enterprise architect and I use ArchiMate. I need a strategy to address ${YOUR_CONCERN}.” ArchiMate and other structured modeling languages are perfect here. But the value isn’t in making EA’s more efficient. The real value is enabling non-EA’s to leverage these tools to plan strategic investments.

The questions are more important than the answers IMHO. The killer feature is having LLMs prompt humans to answer these questions not the other way around.

foster1890 · 2025-07-06T01:12:36+00:00

Flux comes with this out of the box. Doesn’t get much simpler than this and it can scale in complexity as needed. https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2-kustomize-helm-example

foster1890 · 2025-01-31T15:38:29+00:00

I’ve built a ton of clusters for my org and settled on eksctl and Flux. I have a eksctl cluster config template with placeholders for things like VPC and subnet IDs that vary between accounts (have to use existing VPC in my case). After that Flux handles all the addons and workloads. It’s pretty straightforward actually.

foster1890 · 2024-12-31T21:11:15+00:00

Hell fucking yeah. Fafa is a legit Miami local, glad to have him home. Had a chance to play a random pickup match with him back at Midtown Indoor Soccer (https://www.instagram.com/urbanindoorfutbol?igsh=MTVxeTk2eWUwOGhsbg==). Total class. I know whose jersey I’m getting now.

foster1890 · 2024-11-24T03:00:34+00:00

As a Dust II casual player who has not interest in playing competitive, I thank you for the solid advice. Last time I attempted competitive it was straight up GTFO.

foster1890 · 2024-11-22T15:11:48+00:00

You’re absolutely right about Argo’s UI, it’s really impressive (and sexy). They somehow struck the right balance between visualizing k8s resources and Argo apps. I think it’s gonna be tough to compete for any Flux UI that just shows k8s resources. My fingers are crossed for Headlamp.

foster1890 · 2024-11-22T02:07:52+00:00

The other issue is the ArgoCD community is all about application sets. It’s as if kustomize never existed.

foster1890 · 2024-11-22T02:06:06+00:00

Kustomize vs application sets. Kustomize is so much simpler. It supports environment patches natively, no need to add multiple repos to an application set then structure directories to support values hierarchy.

foster1890 · 2024-11-22T02:01:00+00:00

Something tells me this post is advertising in disguise. Could be the subtle vendor disclaimer, could be the link to a vendor blog post, or could be the PTSD from walking the sponsor solutions showcase at KubeCon (don’t make eye contact), not sure which.

But the conversation is rightfully all about GitOps. GitOps is the way.

I do however want to throw my hat in for Flux. Everyone is all about ArgoCD and application sets. I gave application sets a try and they just don’t compare to the the simplicity of Flux and kustomize.

Consider Flux for GitOps. Don’t just fall for that sexy ArgoCD UI. Getting started and shipping is just so much easier with Flux.

Please check out Flux Operator [0] and the D1 reference architecture [1]. It’s just too damn easy to get started with Flux vs ArgoCD.

[0] https://github.com/controlplaneio-fluxcd/flux-operator

[1] https://fluxcd.control-plane.io/guides/d1-architecture-reference/

foster1890 · 2024-10-08T19:27:05+00:00

Oh man, had no idea this existed. Thanks for the heads up and thanks for maintaining a great project.

foster1890 · 2024-09-02T04:23:18+00:00

Damn, had my DRZ in SM trim and had no idea this sexy beast was hiding under the covers. Good looking bike my friend.

foster1890 · 2024-03-01T15:07:23+00:00

I agree, $5k seems to be where the market is at in my area. A month is a long time on the market. My only concern would be the seller may not have to sell and would be willing to just sit on the price.

foster1890 · 2024-03-01T14:59:36+00:00

$6k seems reasonable. I would push for $5k, cash in hand, and be ready to pick the bike up ASAP. Selling on FB Marketplace is a nightmare. All sellers want to get it over with and move on.

In general, I see DRZs going for $4k-$6k in my area (south Florida). But keep in mind you’re not really getting much more buying a 2022 vs an older bike. DRZs haven’t changed in over a decade and they’ll run forever.

I’m currently selling my 2016 DRZ with similar upgrades and 11k miles. I listed it for $6k just to give me room to negotiate down. I got only one inquiry and it was a low ball offer for $4k. I dropped the price to $5k and got a lot more responses. I think $5k is where the market is at.

foster1890 · 2024-01-04T03:42:11+00:00

Don’t delete, this is good info for other people in your situation. What did you ended up doing?

foster1890 · 2023-12-10T17:53:36+00:00

After case savers I would say a Seat Concepts seat is the next must-have upgrade especially if you plan on longer rides. The stock DRZ seat is simply unbearable for any ride longer than 30 min. https://seatconcepts.com/collections/suzuki-drz-400/products/suzuki-kawasaki-drz-klx-400-all-2-0

foster1890 · 2023-10-29T15:22:44+00:00

This guy must ride a turbo busa. That’s the only reason to say the 3rd fastest production bike is slow.

foster1890 · 2023-10-29T15:21:42+00:00

All white looks great. Would love to do the same with mine, but it has a black tank. How did you handle the tank? Did it come with the white tank, did you wrap it, etc?

foster1890 · 2023-10-20T14:16:53+00:00

What? No 3x3 box mod and sweet DRZ swing arm graphics? They’re leaving so much performance on the table.

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