Architecture metaphor is relevant because architecture is a mix of art and science. The same happens with software. Very few houses become or have the pretensi

Architecture metaphor is relevant because architecture is a mix of art and science. The same happens with software. Very few houses become or have the pretension to be monuments. Most of them only have a mundane function: they are shelters. The same happens with software. Very few architects are visionary enough to project an house in a different way and point a new direction. Most of them just follow the existent trends. The same happens with software. Most houses become monuments because of historical reasons, not because they are the best ones. The same happens with software.