https://bulrushlabs.com/articles/tag/cloud/Recent content in Cloud on Bulrush Labs — Richard TibbettsHugoen-usSun, 04 Apr 2010 23:25:00 +0000https://bulrushlabs.com/articles/2010/04/04/synthetic-biology-and-big-ball-of-mud/Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:25:00 +0000https://bulrushlabs.com/articles/2010/04/04/synthetic-biology-and-big-ball-of-mud/<p>Researchers at the <a href="http://openwetware.org/wiki/Main_Page">MIT OpenWetWare</a> project are attempting to engineer <a href="http://www.eecs.mit.edu/bioeecs/SyntheticBio.html">Synthetic Biology</a>, creating reusable and composable biological components that can be combined to create useful organisms. In the process, they are discovering that biological systems don’t follow the same patterns of good architecture familiar to us from software.</p> <p>In software engineering, architecture is perceived as critical to the success of a large implementation project, and also to the ongoing maintenance of the code created. Since software is very expensive, there is a lot of focus on architecture, choosing the right architecture, and making sure that the architecture is faithfully executed. Some of the biggest changes in software in the last 30 years, like object oriented programming and service oriented architecture, have come about because of a need for clearer architecture in ever larger collections of software that run modern life.</p>