Best developer as an architect? What can go wrong?

You are working on the application, and there is an idea to move it to a different architecture. It is difficult to convince everyone to take that step, but sometimes you succeed. And then there's a question: who should make architectural decisions? 

Maybe the best people you've got? You want to make it good this time, aren't you? 

Yet, are you sure choosing them is a good idea?

Link Dump #72

What a wonderful day for reading, don't you think?

What is the real root cause of your problem?

The beginning 

There is a project. Code is written, everything is tested, coverage is high, and features get delivered. There are bugs from time to time, but incidents get fixed fast, and no one worries about the situation. Well, business as usual. 

Time passes...

Link Dump #71

It is snowing again! How about a cup of warm coffee and something to read:

Link Dump #70

It is about time to start a new year. And what is the best way to do that? Maybe some reading?