10 years ago, Kacper Gunia did a fantastic thing. He created DDD London; a meetup for software professionals to learn about a set of rapidly-developing techniques that improve software quality. 10 years on and the group is still going strong, but we have moved. Goodbye meetup, hello dddlondon.com

Fantastic to have industry experts Jen and Vijay talking at DDD London's next event. This is our last event of the year and we'll be covering a lot of ground! dddlondon.com/events/explo...

Domain-Driven Design London's next event is 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟗𝐭𝐡, 𝐢𝐧-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 in London! @icooper.bsky.social will be presenting 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲-𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝. Grab your tickets here: dddlondon.com/events/responsibility-driven-design/

Free tickets are available until Monday for the next #DDDLondon event on Tue 16th Sep, with a talk on Why Fast Pipelines Can’t Fix a Flawed Strategy & a facilitated discussion on AI in Software Design. Get them while you can! dddlondon.com/events/fast-...

RSVP now for our July event at Policy Expert London! 🥳 dddlondon.com/events/inten... This month I am talking about acing a #softwarearchitecture review by discovering mismatches between business & technical strategy. We are also delighted to have Simon Copsey talking about selecting problems

DDD London is excited to announce our next IN-PERSON event on 11th June at Thoughtworks London! Join @andrewhl.bsky.social as they tell us more about how power structures impact software. Join us - get your free ticket here: dddlondon.com/events/power...

Have you ever tried ensemble working (aka “software teaming” or “mob programming”) Would you like to learn ways for your team to maximise collaboration, onboard new team members, learn together, share knowledge, spread best practice at maximum speed and dial up team cohesion and enjoyment to the max

Welcome to DDD London's March update! Featuring @mentrix.bsky.social and @vladikk.bsky.social, Avraham, Cat and Sonya😊 community.ministryofsoftwaredesign.com/preview/1076... #SoftwareDesign #domaindrivendesign

We're pleased to announce our next in-person event in London on Tuesday 8th April 6PM. Join @mentrix.bsky.social and Cat Morris for 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝘅 Thanks to The Ministry of Software Design for organising & Policy Expert for hosting #softwaredevelopment #domaindrivendesign #softwarearchitecture

Ever wondered how quality attributes can improve your software? 🙌 Or even what quality attributes are? 🤔 I've added a new article to the #KnowledgeVault to answer these questions and more. jacquiread.com/knowl...#KnowledgeVault #softwareDesign #softwareDevlopment #softwareArchitecture #programming

It's the first #DDD London event of 2025! I will be hosting Sonya Natanzon & @vladikk.bsky.social for Complexity & Modularity Join us online at 6pm GMT on Tue 25th Feb. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/29cb5e... #softwareDesign #softwareDevelopment #softwareArchitecture #DDD #domainDrivenDesign

Today is the last day of CFPs for @dddsouthwest.bsky.social's 20th anniversary conference. It is a free #softwaredevelopment conference and a great reason to visit Bristol UK this April. sessionize.com/ddd-south-we...

Did somebody turn on the light? Meetings across team borders can only be described as an illuminating experience. jacquiread.com/posts/influe...

This was a great chat with Gregor Hope about communicating #softwareArchitecture, #softwareDesign, and #softwareDevelopment 👂🏻🎧👀

"You don’t need a cutting-edge system to deliver most software requirements" Think about this the next time some shiny, new, complex framework/tool comes around. I love working with "boring" technology for this reason. (From: jacquiread.com/posts/softwa... via @tekiegirl.bsky.social) #YesDesign

So how's your 2025 going? Well, 2 weeks in my 2025 has taken a turn to the unexpected. While talking to @nick-tune.me recently I ended up volunteering myself to take over the reigns at DDD London, a technology meetup for the domain-driven design community.

Drum roll please!!🥁 We are pleased to say that we have just published The Software Design Newsletter #1 🎉 Hint: 🟩 🟨 🟧 🟥 🤫 Let me know if you want a copy of newsletter #1, & sign up jacquiread.com/subscribe/ This is just the beginning. #softwareDesign #softwareDevelopment #softwareArchitecture

I had a great time sharing this talk at NewCrafts. It covers topics we don’t talk about half as much as we should in software.

My #DDDEU @dddeu.bsky.social talk is now live! Want to know your #eventSourcing from your #eventStreaming? What about an answer to the confusion of a #domainEvent and an #integrationEvent? Here's what you need https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVMPZe4V-ww#DDDEU#eventSourcing#eventStreaming#domainEvent#integrationEvent#softwareDesign #softwareArchitecture

Thank you, @settling-mud.bsky.social, for taking the time to read our book and interview us for the #GotoBookClub. "Collaborative Software Design" emphasises the importance of involving teams and stakeholders throughout the design process, from user research to product design and software design.

We can hardly be surprised that people don't know the difference between software design and architecture when a search engine brings up answers like these... In a world where page rankings are driven by search engine optimisations rather than accuracy 🙈 Their highlighting not mine:

Changing how we talk about software is the beginning of designing better software. In the ACED model we focus our thinking using why and how, and the focuses of functional or technical https://jacquiread.com/posts/better-software-design/ LinkedIn article experiment: https://tinyurl.com/lkbtr

One of the things I tell people looking to develop is it's ok to read bad blog posts/watch bad conference talks. Part of getting to the top of your game is being able to work out what good looks like and build your reasonings. i.e. Don't ask for a list of good materials 😉

If your philosophy of software design doesn't start and end with the outside world, with users and other stakeholders, and what they experience, now and years from now, then you've missed the whole point.

Today @tekiegirl.bsky.social and I managed to spend a couple of hours working on our next blog post. I'm very happy with the outcome - the product would not have looked so good after twice as long working independently: 1+1=3🥳 #softwareDevelopment #softwareArchitecture #softwareDesign

Give the gift of communication this Christmas! 😂 #CommunicationPatterns is #BlackFriday on Amazon UK https://amzn.to/3CBmovy or see bookshop.org: USA: https://tinyurl.com/bkuscp UK: https://tinyurl.com/bkukcp#CommunicationPatterns#BlackFriday(links may give me a small commission - royalties are small so every little helps!)

Call to action! What call to action is Mark Richards giving you today in his 200th edition of Software Architecture Monday? My blog & the knowledge vault, which has regular contributions by me & @uniquereplica.bsky.social , are the first example Mark gives. Read more: https://jacquiread.com/posts/

Our next DDD London meetup has been scheduled. On Tuesday 19th November, Tim Mortimer will be talking about Executable Specifications. See you there. www.meetup.com/dddlondon/ev...

#SoftwareDesign should be a developer’s bread and butter. Changing how we talk about software under development is the start of building better software systems. Full write up here: jacquiread.com/posts/softwa... #SoftwareArchitecture #SoftwareDevelopment