One of the core concepts of Domain Driven Design (Eric Evans) is the Bounded Context. Here’s an excellent summary of the Bounded Context in DDD… Read More »Defining the Bounded Context is the Key to Flow
At the moment, especially in tech, there appears to be so little time to think. Reacting seems to be the order of the day. This… Read More »Building Software in a Post-Agile World
When I was a Head of Engineering for a SaaS. I was notionally (and nominally) working in Software Product Engineering. My take on this was… Read More »What is Product Engineering?
If we acknowledge that we live in a software engineering world where complexity is inevitable, you may ask, what’s the point in trying to change… Read More »Learning to Fight Complexity
This has been a tough week for many in tech. Mass layoffs announced by Google, Facebook and Microsoft total over 30,000. Many commentators seem to… Read More »2023: So Where Now?
Developer experience, developer happiness, developer productivity. Three terms that treat symptoms, not causes. Why? Developer experience – how a developer feels when they get to… Read More »Is The Goal of Software Companies to Make Software Engineers Happy?
While writing the first Lovin’ Legacy podcast of ’23, I coined the acronym QUEST. What does it stand for and how is it useful? I… Read More »QUEST: How To Build Great Software
Following on from the discussion about Creating a Devops Culture, here’s a wonderful talk by Dave Snowden of Cynefin in which he covers many incredible… Read More »The Language of Change
A question recently arose in the excellent DORA community around changing and measuring your software development and DevOps culture. This brought to mind many experiences… Read More »Creating a DevOps Culture?
Recording at GOTO 2022 Amsterdam, this is an excellent discussion between James Lewis of Thoughtworks and Kelvin Henney about the impact of complex systems on… Read More »Reducing Complexity in Software Configuration