Many of the ideals we strive for in software architecture ultimately contribute to the system's demise. Kirk Knoernschild, author of <a href="Java">http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0321247132">Java Application Architecture: Modularity Patterns with Examples Using OSGi</a>, explores the paradoxes of software architecture, examining how "architecture all the way down" and modularity can help.