Frequently, I need to answer the question, "Is this source of information reliable?". Lately, I have been thinking that a decentralized platform to post reviews for websites and see aggregated statistics about those reviews would be pretty useful.

While I am open to any suggestions, the software being OSS and decentralized is important for me to consider the platform reliable.

Also, I believe the optimal review platform should hold at least ratings, tags, and text.

I am interested to transition from a software engineer to a software architect. I would like to expand my knowledge on the subject.

What's your must read list? Any books, articles, videos and courses are appreciated.

Right now I am reading Contious Architecture in Practice .

It's a long read, but it's an interesting discussion on how to test API services. It's definitely counterintuitive for me being more familiar with testing pyramid.

I found interesting the section about full-stack boxes, something that I have used in the last 2 jobs I worked on and I confirm the authors consideration about maintenance.

Also, the idea that testing is spectrum between pre-production and production is mind blowing to me. Especially, the metrics provided about how low value pre-production tests are. I wonder if it's a chicken/egg situation where the lack of pre-production testing would increase the number of bugs that would have been found pre-production.

Is this something you are applying on your workplace, please share your experiences and any relevant reading material.