Category: leadership

The Rube Goldberg paradox: Why complex solutions feel so right

The Rube Goldberg paradox: Why complex solutions feel so right

Allard Buijze, the CTO and founder of the open-source Axon Framework, recently offered a gentle reminder that sounds almost too simple: it’s far better to build software that can scale than to build it at colossal scale right from day one. You’d imagine this is common sense — the kind of thing we’d have engraved … Continue reading The Rube Goldberg paradox: Why complex solutions feel so right

Why DDD is necessary if you’re an IT leader today

Why DDD is necessary if you’re an IT leader today

IT leaders should think about Domain-Driven Design (DDD) because it is a software development methodology that can help them build better software systems that align with business objectives and solve real-world problems. DDD focuses on understanding the core business domain and representing it in the software design, rather than starting with technical implementation details. Here … Continue reading Why DDD is necessary if you’re an IT leader today