# Guide as in Mountaineering

DevFeed: [Guide as in Mountaineering](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/guide-as-in-mountaineering-21244.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://juri.dev/blog/2015/06/guide-as-in-mountaineering/>)

Published: 2015-06-05T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Juri Strumpflohner](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/juri-strumpflohner.md>)

Topics: [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>), [software-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-architecture.md>), [Tech Lead](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tech-lead.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [software-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-architecture.md>), [software-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-design.md>), [tech-lead](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech-lead.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that software architecture should be a collaborative team responsibility rather than a top-down activity controlled by an isolated architect. It presents the architect or tech lead as a communicative team member who guides quality, consistency, shared vision, and technical decisions.

## Source excerpt

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