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Lee Atchison
Cloud Architect, Cloud Strategist, Owner at Atchison Technology LLC
Renton, United States
Lee Atchison is a CTO, Chief Software Architect, author, and thought leader. Lee is the author of multiple books, including the O’Reilly Media titles Architecting for Scale and Overcoming IT Complexity. He is the co-author of Business Breakthrough 3.0.
Lee has developed numerous courses for O’Reilly Media and LinkedIn Learning. He’s currently developing a series of courses for his own Atchison Academy learning center. Lee writes articles regularly and has been a featured writer at InfoWorld and at Cloud Native Now (formerly Container Journal). Lee is a guest co-host on the highly popular technology podcast Software Engineering Daily. Lee is the host of his own successful podcast Software Architecture Insights.
Lee has written e-books as a thought leader for companies including Redis, Uptycs, and F5, and has consulted with larger companies including Bank of America, OutSystems, Seagate, and smaller companies, such as Ory, Netdata, CAST Software, and Blameless. Lee has shared his expertise with companies from Nike, to Deutsche Telecom, to Starbucks, to Walt Disney Company, to Major League Baseball.
Lee produces content that is focused on modern applications, cloud-based applications, availability, scaling, DevOps, AI/ML, IT security, and other related topics.
Lee has been CTO, Chief Architect, and Software Engineering Director at many companies, including Amazon.com, AWS, New Relic, Blameless, and Hewlett Packard. Lee was a co-founder of the AI-focused startup company, Product Genius. Additionally, he's developing a series of AI-enabled, SaaS applications and services.
Lee is available for writing, speaking, and consulting.
Available For: Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking Travels From: Seattle, WA
Speaking Topics: Cloud Computing, Application Scaling & Availability, Modern Application Architectures
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The Hidden Risks of “Sign In with Google”
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January 20, 2026
We've all clicked "Sign In with Google" for the convenience. One click, no password to remember, instant access. But that convenience comes with a hidden architectural flaw that most people don't discover until it's too late.There's a better way that's just as convenient, without the ris
So, Management Wants an “AI Strategy”? Here’s What They’re Really Asking For
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January 06, 2026
AI pressure is everywhere. In boardrooms, product meetings, investor calls. But when leadership demands an “AI strategy,” they’re often chasing buzzwords, not outcomes. Software architects can cut through the hype, translate vague directives into real business value, and guide thei
Navigating AI Development with InWorld's Kylan Gibbs
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December 09, 2025
In this episode of the Software Architecture Insights podcast, we explore the evolving landscape of conversational AI with Kylan Gibbs, the CEO and founder of InWorld AI. We focus on the evolving landscape of software architecture, focusing on the role of AI in modern applications.I
When Your AI Can’t Say No
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November 25, 2025
AI loves to agree with you — even when it shouldn’t. From chatbots inventing refund policies to legal assistants citing fake cases, we’ve created systems that would rather sound confident than be correct. We’ve taught our AIs to please us, not to tell us the truth. And while that
Managed File Transfer in the Modern Era
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November 11, 2025
It’s hard not to admire confidence in marketing.Take Fortra, for example. Fortra is the new parent company of GoAnywhere, a Managed File Transfer (MFT) solution that’s been around for years. The Fortra website proudly declares, “We break the attack chain.”Catchy, right? Except…
Why should I care about AI?
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October 15, 2025
It seems like AI has become suddenly important to Software Architects in nearly all industries. It’s the latest and greatest technology in a world of fast moving technologies.Actually, AI is not “suddenly” important. AI has been around for as long as software has been around, datin
The New Reality of Software Development: AI's Impact on Code Quality
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September 17, 2025
The increasing use of AI in software development has led to significant changes in the industry, with 62% of developers now utilizing AI tools. While this has enhanced productivity, it has also resulted in greater code complexity and a decline in code quality. Recent findings from the 20
AI Hype vs Application Reality: How Architects Can Keep Their Products on Track in 2025
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August 13, 2025
In 2025, AI is everywhere — in product launches, investor calls, and boardroom strategies — but chasing the latest buzzwords can derail your application just as fast as it can improve it. In this article, I show how software architects can cut through the hype, set realistic expectat
Get Rid of Your Users — The Role of Transactional vs Experiential Applications
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June 30, 2025
Not all applications are created equal. Some are built to process transactions and maintain state, while others focus on delivering content, data, or experiences to users. For software architects and engineering leaders, distinguishing between these core application types is critical for
Less is More: The Principle of Least Privilege
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June 03, 2025
Another critical principle in maintaining a safe and secure application running in the cloud is understanding the Principle of Least Privilege. The Principle of Least Privilege is an industry-standard security principle widely known to reduce the impact of bad actor attacks.The idea behi
Architecting AI Prompts: A New Skill for Modern Developers
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May 15, 2025
If you’ve ever spoken out to your iPhone and said “Hey Siri, what’s the weather in Seattle, WA”, or spoke to an Amazon Echo device and said “Alexa, turn on the bedroom lights”, you’ve given an AI a set of instructions for it to execute. You’ve given an AI a prompt.In the
Fortress in the Cloud
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April 16, 2025
As modern applications grow more complex and valuable, their security becomes increasingly critical. Yet many organizations still operate with a flat security model—one breach and attackers gain access to everything. This approach is like building a house with a reinforced front door b
Who’s Responsible? Understanding the Principle of Shared Responsibility
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March 24, 2025
Both you and your cloud provider have a critical role in keeping your application safe. It’s a principle of security known as the Principle of Shared Responsibility. It describes a model for assigning ownership of various security aspects between the cloud provider and you.It’s a pri
Beyond the Tab Key: The True Value of Human Developers in an AI World
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March 10, 2025
The software development landscape has shifted dramatically. In 2024, a whopping 62% of professional developers use AI in their development process. This has done wonders for the productivity of an average software developer, and has led many people to assume this means that either we ne
Don’t let your services become Trojan Horses
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March 03, 2025
Cloud-native applications make heavy use of services and microservice architectures. Distributed applications provide many benefits to modern application development processes and lend themselves particularly well to applications deployed in the public cloud.But microservices can also cr
Beyond the Basics: Making Configuration Management Work at Scale
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January 27, 2025
In my previous article, I discussed five best practices for managing configurations in cloud-native applications. This article expands those recommendations by giving strategies for how to manage large scale configuration systems for large modern applications.The Configuration Explosion
Five Best Practices for Managing Configurations in Cloud-Native Applications
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December 09, 2024
Managing configuration information in a complex, cloud-native application can be daunting. There is seemingly configuration everywhere.There’s configuration describing the network interconnections in your system, including routing rules and port blocking.There’s configuration for you
The Art of Influence: Navigating Technical Debt, Driving Innovation, and Shaping Success
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November 18, 2024
Software architects hold a unique and influential position in the product development lifecycle, guiding technical decisions that shape the product's future.Let me be clear - architects aren't just technical decision makers, they're risk managers who shape your entire product's future. I
The Art of Influence: How Software Architects Shape Product Development
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October 21, 2024
Ready to pull the ripcord on VMWare? On Nov 6, join my friends over at CAST and AWS to learn how software intelligence can speed up and derisk the move to best-fit cloud services. Register today!In the complex ecosystem of software development, the role of a software architect is critica
The Importance of Continuous Learning for Software Architects
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September 18, 2024
In world of software development, the role of a software architect often appears to stand at the top of the technical leadership ladder. With that responsibility comes an even greater need for continuous learning and adaptation. As someone who's spent years in the trenches of cloud archi
Managing Complexity in a Cloud Migration
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July 15, 2024
Migrating to the cloud can be daunting, especially when dealing with complex applications, which can have a life of their own. These applications can act in seemingly random ways when exposed to unexpected stimuli, such as moving from a stable data center environment to a more chaotic cl
7 Essential Tips for Setting Up Effective Monitoring
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June 24, 2024
As the world of software development continues to evolve at a rapid pace, organizations are increasingly turning to tools such as Kubernetes to deploy, scale, and manage their containerized applications. Kubernetes and containers have, in particular, revolutionized how we build and deplo
Don’t Worry about AI Taking Over Your Job
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June 10, 2024
As someone who has spent decades at the forefront of the tech industry, I've seen firsthand how emerging technologies can disrupt the status quo. With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI), it's natural to wonder about its potential impact on the job market, particularly
Caching at Scale With Redis
Redis Labs
July 01, 2021
This is the only primer you need to understand what application caching is, why and when it’s needed, and how to get the best performance from your applications using advanced enterprise application caching techniques.
Identity in Modern Applications
O'Reilly Media
July 01, 2021
Mapping a person, place, or thing to a software resource in a verifiable manner is the basis of identity. Confirming that identity is a complex process, particularly when the identity mapping has to be verified. This report explains the modern identity management techniques available to safeguard that simple access point. You’ll learn how and why these techniques constantly need to keep up with modern application development, and the growing sophistication of those who maliciously tamper with them.
Architecting for Scale: How to Maintain High Availability and Manage Risk in the Cloud
O'Reilly Media
March 17, 2020
Every day, companies struggle to scale critical applications. As traffic volume and data demands increase, these applications become more complicated and brittle, exposing risks and compromising availability. With the popularity of software as a service, scaling has never been more important.
Tags: Cloud, Digital Transformation, Risk Management
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Security in the Cloud: A Guide to Secure Migration and Modernization with AWS
New Relic Blgo
October 29, 2019
Migrating an existing enterprise application to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud can give your organization some useful security advantages. But cloud security is definitely a team sport—one where working closely with AWS, and staying informed and engaged, can make a critical difference.
Over the past decade, attitudes towards the security of public-cloud environments have evolved considerably. Today, IT decision-makers now largely accept that top-tier public cloud providers such as AWS maintain IT security expertise and capabilities that few enterprises would—or could—attempt to match.
Tags: Cloud, Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation
Expect serverless to become more mainstream
jaxenter
July 15, 2019
Serverless is a hotly discussed topic right now, and it seems to mean different things to different people. We caught up with Lee Atchison, Senior Director, Cloud Architecture at New Relic to discuss what serverless means to him, how it’s changing the way applications are developed and what implications serverless could have for infrastructure in the future.
Now in its third year, the GeekWire Cloud Summit will bring together more than 600 engineers, developers, technical leaders and business decision-makers for a deep dive on the future of cloud technologies.
Lee will be speaking at this summit on “Service Tiers”. Service Tiers are a method of handling services that improves availability and manageability of large service-based applications. This topic is straight from his book “Architecting for Scale” as well as from his recent article in The New Stack.
Lee is speaking and available for customer meetings and get-togethers at the 7th annual AWS re:Invent conference.
AWS re:Invent is the largest global cloud computing conference. Join us for deeper technical content, more hands-on learning opportunities, keynote announcements, a bigger and better Partner Expo, exciting after-hours events, and the best party in technology—re:Play
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