Austin Story, Senior Engineering Director at Doximity, dives into the art of creating maintainable software. He discusses critical traits like testability and simplicity, along with the principle of YAGNI that ensures only necessary features are built. Austin shares insights on migrating to a federated GraphQL architecture from a monolith, addressing both benefits and challenges. He emphasizes the importance of collaboration between data and application teams, using tools like Kafka, to enhance workflow efficiency. Tune in for a masterclass on software evolution!