#rich-domain-model

Articles tagged with #rich-domain-model

When Distribution Becomes a Substitute for Design — and Fails
A lot of modern software architecture—microservices, event-driven systems, CQRS—is not born from deeply understanding the domain. It is what teams reach for when the existing application has become a
Apr 7, 20268 min read1
Rich Domain Models: Start with What Is, Not What Happens
A lot of software is more difficult to build and maintain than it needs to be. Not because the business itself is inherently complex. Not because the requirements keep changing. But because the softwa
Apr 4, 20269 min read3
Your software development approach is too expensive and too brittle
Most software teams are not struggling because software is inherently chaotic. They are struggling because they are paying enormous amounts of money to keep the wrong machine barely usable. That sound
Apr 2, 202620 min read17
The Illusion of Progress: Why Tooling Can’t Replace Engineering
Walk into almost any modern enterprise Java codebase and you’ll see the same pattern: controllers, services, repositories, configuration, and a dense web of injected dependencies—often built on framew
Mar 18, 20267 min read2
The Two Levels of Software Development — And Why Most Enterprise Applications Fail Over Time
There are two fundamentally different levels in software development. Level 1 — Getting the system to run At this level the goal is straightforward: the application compiles the system deploys feat
Mar 10, 202610 min read14
The Singleton Reality: Why “It Works” Is Not Evidence of Good Engineering
If you plow a field with a Ferrari F40, the field will be plowed. The outcome is correct.The task is completed. Yet the Ferrari is: Excessively expensive for the job Fragile under the wrong conditions Costly to maintain Poorly suited for rain, mu...
Feb 2, 20267 min read8