Experienced software architects Vaughn Vernon and Udi Dahan discuss the importance of using the right architectural styles and patterns, including service-oriented architecture, event-driven architecture, and sagas. They emphasize the need for communication among developers, avoiding over-application of event-driven architecture, and using sagas for complex business processes.

Hemi Trickey, Head of Global Enterprise Architecture at McDonald’s, shares her insights on software architecture and digital transformation. She discusses her background in telecom and digital marketing, as well as her experience with software as a service (SaaS) before it became popular. Hemi emphasizes the importance of architecture patterns, observability, and manageability in large-scale distributed systems. She also highlights the challenges of keeping up with innovation and making decisions on adopting new technologies. Hemi advises on the need for clear communication, context understanding, and change management in modernization and transformation efforts.TakeawaysArchitecture patterns and observability are crucial in large-scale distributed systems.Keeping up with innovation requires evaluating new technologies and understanding their potential value.Clear communication and context understanding are essential in modernization and transformation efforts.Change management is a critical aspect of software modernization and transformation.Hemi TrickeyHemi has been architecting and delivering highly critical and complex software and technology solutions for almost 3 decades. She is currently head of the global enterprise architecture team at McDonald’s. Prior to McDonald's, Hemi had successful careers at Publicis Sapient as well as Alcatel-Lucent. At Publicis Sapient, she worked with clients across retail, entertainment, insurance, and financial industries. During her tenure at Alcatel Lucent, Hemi designed and developed an in-house SaaS platform from the ground up, long before SaaS became a well-known concept in the industry.Hemi holds both B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science. She has published or given talks on diverse topics including microservices, mobile application experience, fine-grained access control, predictive analytics and data warehousing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Wardle, Chief Clinical Information Officer, discusses how technology can improve patient care in healthcare. He highlights the importance of Domain-Driven Design for a patient-centered approach and better communication. Wardle envisions a future where technology enhances human connection, improves decision-making, and enables faster iteration in healthcare.

Experienced data engineer Mark discusses Data Mesh, Domain-Driven Design, data governance, and automation in data architecture. They explore operational software architectures, tooling for Data Mesh, AI challenges, and the future of analytics. Learn how Data Mesh emphasizes decentralized data products over centralized warehouses.

In this Add Dot podcast, Vaughn Vernon and Paul Rayner discuss the evolution of the DDD community, emphasizing the importance of connections and learning experiences. They talk about modernization challenges in large organizations, strategic thinking, and core domains. The episode concludes with a teaser for the Explore DDD conference featuring keynotes by Eric Evans and Vaughn Vernon. They reflect on forming a chapter in Denver and their experiences teaching and coaching. They also discuss implementing DDD, challenges of migrating from legacy systems, and the upcoming conference in Colorado.

In this podcast episode, Vaughn interviews Jacqui Read, a .NET developer turned software architect and author of the book "Communication Patterns: A Guide for Developers and Architects." Jacqui discusses the inspiration behind her book, emphasizing the importance of soft skills in conjunction with technical expertise. She highlights her experience in various domains and how she integrated diverse ideas into her work, leading to the identification of communication patterns and anti-patterns. The conversation delves into the reputation of programmers as poor communicators and the potential for improvement through Jacqui's insights.Jacqui's book covers a broad spectrum of communication, including verbal, written, non-verbal, and visual communication. Jacqui emphasizes the significance of visual communication, which constitutes a substantial portion of the book. She addresses the inclusion of illustrations, particularly discussing considerations for grayscale printing and offering links to color versions on the accompanying website. The podcast touches on sections of the book dedicated to the communication of knowledge, documentation, and the challenges of remote communication in today's distributed teams and companies.Jacqui Read is an internationally recognised solution and enterprise architect, and author of "Communication Patterns: A Guide for Developers and Architects", with hands-on experience and expertise architecting and coding software systems. She specialises in assisting businesses to create and enhance architecture practices, construct evolutionary architectures, and untangle and extract value from data and knowledge.Alongside consulting, Jacqui teaches public and private workshops and speaks at international conferences on topics such as architecture practices, technical communication, and architecture decisions. Her professional interests include collaborative modelling, knowledge management, Domain Driven Design, sociotechnical architecture, and modernising enterprise architecture practices. Outside of work she enjoys gardening and attempting to strum her ukulele and sing at the same time. Her website is https://jacquiread.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vaughn and Karen discuss the possible benefits for and threats to humanity in the use of AI. They dip into Karen's overlapping work in blockchain and AI and her unique accomplishments and awards in her blockchain and AI work. These topics take both Vaughn and Karen way back to the days of OS/2 and its superiority to Windows, which they both experienced.Karen describes her current work and what's coming next, with key benefits to humanity.They wrap up their conversation sharing information on how other people, including listeners and others, can learn about practical and beneficial work with blockchain and AI.Karen Kilroy is a lifelong technologist with heart. A full-stack software engineer living in Northwest Arkansas, she has written three publications for O'Reilly: Blockchain Tethered AI (2023), AI and the Law (2021), and Blockchain as a Service (2019).Karen is CEO of Kilroy Blockchain, which was the Winner of IBM Watson Build Challenge in 2017, North America, for their AI app RILEY. Karen is also co-founder of Friends of Justin, a non-profit 501(c)(3) AI research lab focused on the interaction between humans and AI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The podcast discusses WSO2's innovative approaches to software development, including their domain-driven Cell-based Architecture, Ballerina language, and Choreo platform. The advantages of cell-based architecture and domain-driven design are highlighted. The language Ballerina is described as a practical approach to functional programming, offering asynchronicity and handling service integrations well. The key features of Corio, a cloud-based platform, are explored. The potential of Corio and Ballerina in solving SaaS problems and integrating AI capabilities is discussed.

Vaughn Vernon has a conversation with Alfredo Muñoz regarding the transformation and modernization within banks, why it's so urgently needed, and how efforts can be successful. Their discussion encompasses BIAN, Domain-Driven Design, Data Mesh, and why focusing on business capabilities as business, service, events, and data domains is critical. We address why banks are so resistant to change but why they must learn a new mindset in order to both survive and flourish in the age of cloud and digital banks. For example, a bank transaction that has 1,000 COBOL calls will never work in the cloud, nor will a transaction that makes 100 API calls. How can new technologies and approaches to software development help banks, insurance, airlines, telecom, and other industries that heavily rely on mainframe power successfully switch out of the old status quo?Alfredo is an Enterprise Architect, and Banking Transformation Expert with more than 25 years of experience in large scale banking transformations in Europe, Asia and Latam, always involving first tier banksHe currently works in the Global Center of Excellence for Banking and Financial Market at IBMDuring the past years he has developed the methodology for the modernization of corebanking systems, including the adoption cloud infrastructure in coexistence with legacy systems, the BIAN Industry Standards, the industrialization and standardization of the design and development processes and the use of low code development frameworks with the primary objective to deliver transformation at scale, as required for large Financial Institutions.He has authored leading points of view, methods and assets on core systems transformation to Cloud. https://www.fintechna.com/authors/alfredo-muñoz-ríos/https://www.linkedin.com/in/alfredomunoz/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vaughn and Carola discuss human cognition and how our minds deal with complexity through recognizing shapes, organizing into hierarchies, and categorizing by types. This introduces what sustainable architecture is and why we naturally benefit from this brain-friendly way of designing software. Domain-Driven Design is a thread woven throughout their conversation, which ties together Carola’s first book on sustainable architecture and her new book. It's title is "Domain-Driven Transformation," which she has coauthored with colleague Henning Schwentner. It's been newly accepted by Pearson Addison-Wesley to be published as part of Vaughn's signature series.Dr. Carola Lilienthal is Managing Director of WPS - Workplace Solutions GmbH and has been developing software architectures according to the principles of Domain Driven Design with her teams for more than 15 years. Carola has been regularly analyzing the future viability of software architectures on behalf of her customers since 2003. She is author of the book “Sustainable Software Architecture”, “Domain-Driven Transformation” and translated Vaughn Vernon’s book “Domain-Driven Design Distilled” into German. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.