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The way we think and the way we design our software systems isn't aligned. In order to make that alignment better, we need to understand our thinking, and the system we are in. In this episode, I spoke with @mentrix.bsky.social on decisions, belief systems versus truth, and non-linear thinking.

We often mock architects being in an ivory tower, making all the decisions, not listening to the developers, and not caring if they made the right architectural choices. What most of us failed to notice was that nobody was offering them a different process to make architectural decisions. [1/3]

Currently working on my new workshop called "Leadership in Software Design". The workshop is going to be great: we will talk about leadership and software design. Other topics we will touch are decisions, people and culture.

HowTo - Quick and easy decisions: a razor, e.g. occam's razor, are philosophical laws designed to help you “shave off” unlikely explanations or thinking patterns. So if you want to eliminate options, try applying the law’s that have the word razor in it.

What does it mean to be good at communicating? I have tried (and failed) to improve my communication in general because being to communicate your solutions is as important as the solutions. In this episode of Satisfying Software, I spoke with @tekiegirl.bsky.social on the communicating architecture.

Dear CoMo, Why does my colleague never contradict me? It sounds like your colleague might be dealing with a classic case of conflict avoidance. Now, don’t get me wrong—I don’t say that to be unkind. Read all about it at the latest Dear CoMo collaborative-software-design.com/dear-como/co...

Event-Driven systems come with challenges: How do we version our events? Can we only publish events in an Event-Driven Architecture? How do we test all of this? These are a few of the questions I discussed with @noctovis.bsky.social in our latest episode of Satisfying Software!

Which programming language works really well with Tactical Patterns? When should be involve our software developers? How to deal with something that is over or under modeled? In our second episode of Satisfying Software, I spoke with @tcoopman.bsky.social on the Tactical Patterns of DDD.

Software design is a discipline of uncertainty. We took principles and tools from disciplines of certainty into a discipline of uncertainty and we are surprised when hell breaks lose. On our 1ep of Satisfying Software, I spoke to Barry O’Reilly on finding a better way to architect software system.

The fun thing about working for @aardlingeu.bsky.social is that I have the liberty to do things that help the community. I am very excited to share this new podcast I and my brilliant colleagues Theo and Hilde have been working on called Satisfying Software. First episode will be released soon!

Are you looking to implement Domain-Driven Design in your organisation but unsure how to gain widespread support? This interactive workshop addresses the critical challenge of DDD adoption across teams and hierarchies. 👉 Join us to acquire practical tools: buff.ly/i4bidpf

One of the downsides of being on the @dddeu.bsky.social Program Committee is talking to speakers who have super interesting ideas for workshops and not being able to attend them myself. I had a very interesting discussion with Chelsea Troy about her workshop “Put an ML Model in Production with Me!”

At one of my clients, I was asked to give an overview what made a DDD initiative successful and what made it fail. For me, that was a challenging question. To start with: there isn’t a straightforward answer like “if you do all of this, you will succeed” or “avoid these things, and you won’t fail.”

I never see fiction on a list of books that changed someone's thinking. Its always books like “The Scout Mindset”. Don’t get me wrong, that book is an excellent read, but fiction also changes my way of thinking. [1/2]

At DDDEU24, Eric Evans speculated about how DDD and AI would work together. He said to all of us to go out there, try things out and come back next year with our reports and our experiences. I am so excited to see that people went out and actually did that. 1/2

This week I had a discussion with a colleague of mine at Aardling about what Kanban is about, so I tried to summarise why I like Kanban and how I use it. Note that I might not use the “official” Kanban way of doing things, but instead share my take on what's really valuable. 1/n

As a consultant I often get questions like these: “Should we use methodology X?” “Should we swap technology X with Y?” And then I have to ask: “Which problem are you trying to solve?” Methodology X or technology Y are solutions, they are not (part of) the problem. “We need detailed logging.” [1/2]

There are so many good proposals for @dddeu.bsky.social again this year! We have over 450 submissions and it is an honour to be part of the team that creates the program for our first Antwerp edition. 😀 #domaindrivendesign #dddesign #dddeu

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At this point in time, nobody has all 3 of our signatures in their copy of "Collaborative Software Design". Some are close though. I am very excited to see who will be the first one to collect them all :-D

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🚀 The Future of Software Architecture – Expert Insights! How is the role of architects evolving? What improves team collaboration? t1p.de/oe2rg At OOP 2025, experts @andrewhl.bsky.social, @stefantoth.bsky.social, & @gienverschatse.com shared their views. #SoftwareArchitecture #iSAQB #TechInsights

We’ve recorded the first episode of our new vodcast, Satisfying Software. We’ll be interviewing people in technology about software design, strategy, and architecture in complex environments. Here’s a teaser from ep one with Barry O'Reilly and @gienverschatse.com Who else should we speak to?

Excellent point by @mentrix.bsky.social As a consultant, the first thing I often have to do is gently trying to convince people they are making me solve the wrong problem.

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How can inclusive decision-making and empowering teams lead to smarter outcomes? Join @evelynvankelle.bsky.social , @selketjah.bsky.social , @kenny.weave-it.org and Xin Yao as they explore @collaborative-software-design.com .

Really enjoyed @hillelwayne.com talk at #dddeu this year. Doing “good/correct” research is very hard and I think it’s important we start realising that.