app02 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:09:20 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Software Defined Interviews - Episodes Tagged with “Enterprise Architecture” https://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/tags/enterprise%20architecture Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0200 Deep discussions about technology, enterprise IT, and the like en-us episodic Deep discussions about technology, enterprise IT, and the like Software Defined Talk Deep discussions about technology, enterprise IT, and the like yes Software Defined Talk softwaredefinedinterviews@cote.wtf Episode 129: The Extinction of Enterprise Architects, Fifty Secrets Managers, and Deodorant Before AI, with Rick Clark https://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/129 e271897b-ccc4-4ce7-bcce-fa3ef46d454b Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0200 Software Defined Talk 129 The Extinction of Enterprise Architects, Fifty Secrets Managers, and Deodorant Before AI, with Rick Clark full Software Defined Talk Enterprise architecture is nearly extinct, and Rick Clark thinks fifteen years of shifting every decision left is what killed it. One insurance company he worked with ended up with over 50 secrets managers in production. His advice before you put AI anywhere near a mess like that: brush your teeth first. 1:01:52 yes <p>Rick Clark is Global Head of Cloud Advisory at UST, and co-founded OpenStack. His argument is that enterprise architecture is nearly extinct, killed off by fifteen years of shifting every decision left, and that this is how one insurance company he worked with ended up running over 50 secrets managers in production. Whitney and Coté push on whether platform engineering was meant to solve exactly that, and on what a modern enterprise architect would do instead - write the rules the platform enforces. The back half is agents: why nobody is ready to run them in production, and the difference between a rule an agent cannot break and one it must not break.</p> <p>You can watch <a href="https://youtu.be/-Jjt9BaPAGE" rel="nofollow noopener">the video version of this episode</a> as well, if you prefer that kind of thing.</p> <p>Mentions:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dendrobates/" rel="nofollow noopener">Rick on LinkedIn</a>, which is where he sends people.</li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-construct-7469797981374984192" rel="nofollow noopener">The Construct</a>, his newsletter on agentic workloads in production.</li> <li><a href="https://www.thestack.technology/from-tokenmaxxing-to-tokenomics-youre-still-doing-it-wrong/" rel="nofollow noopener">From tokenmaxxing to tokenomics: you're still doing it wrong</a>, his first op-ed for The Stack.</li> </ul> <p>Special Guest: Rick Clark.</p><p>Special Guest: Rick Clark.</p> Rick Clark, UST, OpenStack, Ubuntu Server, Four Opens, enterprise architecture, enterprise architect, marchitecture, Ed McLaughlin, MasterCard, shift left, architectural coherence, cognitive load, platform engineering, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, secrets management, governance as a service, PII, regulatory compliance, self-service platforms, developer productivity, developer flexibility, AI adoption, AI POCs, MIT study, agentic AI, agents in production, non-deterministic production, determinism, behavioral envelope, observability, tracing, fan-out graph, guardrails, must not versus cannot, Air Canada chatbot, OpenAI agent, AI ethics, regulators, auditors, CI/CD, intent-driven software, declarative intent, swarm of agents, build versus buy, Observability Engineering, SaaS, Salesforce, advisory work, The Construct, The Stack, tokenomics, Simon Wardley, SpringOne Rick Clark is Global Head of Cloud Advisory at UST, and co-founded OpenStack. His argument is that enterprise architecture is nearly extinct, killed off by fifteen years of shifting every decision left, and that this is how one insurance company he worked with ended up running over 50 secrets managers in production. Whitney and Coté push on whether platform engineering was meant to solve exactly that, and on what a modern enterprise architect would do instead - write the rules the platform enforces. The back half is agents: why nobody is ready to run them in production, and the difference between a rule an agent cannot break and one it must not break.

You can watch the video version of this episode as well, if you prefer that kind of thing.

Mentions:

Special Guest: Rick Clark.

Special Guest: Rick Clark.

]]> Rick Clark is Global Head of Cloud Advisory at UST, and co-founded OpenStack. His argument is that enterprise architecture is nearly extinct, killed off by fifteen years of shifting every decision left, and that this is how one insurance company he worked with ended up running over 50 secrets managers in production. Whitney and Coté push on whether platform engineering was meant to solve exactly that, and on what a modern enterprise architect would do instead - write the rules the platform enforces. The back half is agents: why nobody is ready to run them in production, and the difference between a rule an agent cannot break and one it must not break.

You can watch the video version of this episode as well, if you prefer that kind of thing.

Mentions:

Special Guest: Rick Clark.

Special Guest: Rick Clark.

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