Every software org is dysfunctional. Yes, yours too. 😉
Rebecca Parsons, Gregor Hohpe, @technologytulip.bsky.social
& @andrewhl.bsky.social sat down and basically said it out loud.
You shouldn’t aim to “fix” dysfunction, but to work with it instead.
🎧 Listen in: gotopia.tech/podcast
And I am going to do this again Craft Conf in june together with @evelynvankelle.bsky.social .
Together with @roundcrisis.com and @andrewhl.bsky.social we were actually thinking about setting up some surveys to do this broader linked to our @virtualddd.com. Perhaps something you are interested in?
We're quietly curating these connections. Curious to see what patterns emerge across the full collection.
Each story is at buff.ly/bG8QsWX and all the heuristics are on dddheuristics.com.
#CollaborativeModelling #SoftwareArchitecture #DomainDrivenDesign #Facilitation #VirtualDDD
Three different practitioners, three different stories, and underneath all of them the same move: get what's inside people's heads into a shared, tangible space.
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What I find interesting — and this isn't visible on the site yet — is that these start to connect with heuristics from earlier episodes. Diana's complements one Paul Rayner shared: make implicit mental models explicit for objective collaboration.
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Facilitation creates more lasting impact because people internalize what they discover through their own thinking.
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In a recent episode, Diana Montalion shared one that sits alongside it: design experiences instead of explaining more. When people resist change, the instinct is to add more explanation. Rarely works.
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Gien's full heuristic: surface value-based preferences before choosing technical solutions. Before evaluating options, dig into what's driving the strong preference. Is it fear of skills becoming outdated? Concern about maintainability? Making that visible changes the whole conversation.
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What we try to do is different: invite practitioners to share a real story, then sit with them and extract the heuristics they've actually been working from. Something @rebeccawb.bsky.social introduced into our community.
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recent episode of "Stories of Facilitating Software Architecture & Design" — a series I host with @roundcrisis.com and @andrewhl.bsky.social on Virtual DDD. Most architecture content gives you frameworks or opinions.
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"AI Augmentation for Technical Leaders" - Birgitta Boeckeler. Can AI help with architectural decisions? Watch:& Subscribe. youtu.be/qB7rsbDfmQg
"No to war... and free Palestine"
Javier Bardem
AI hype or real progress?
@t-redactyl.bsky.social & @aiwithmichelle.com
break it down on GOTO Unscripted 🎤 History, data, and hard-won pragmatism. www.youtube.com/watch?list=P...
the hardest part of software was never the technical decisions. It was what happened — or didn't happen — in the room where they were made.
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Bully No-Mates would be a better name.
18% of the Fridays this year have been Friday the 13ths which honestly seems very on brand for 2026
🎉 That's a wrap with the last sessions from @andrewhl.bsky.social
@bitboss.bsky.social and @josvanschouten.bsky.social 2 days, 28+ sessions, countless connections. From AI to Team Topologies to real-world solutions. Thank you. See you next year
Thanks Jos. 🙏🏻
So much goodness in this conversation. I was highly privileged to be a part of it. 🎉🙏🏻🙇
Are we asking that question in our own teams?
Read, watch, or listen to Gien's full story: buff.ly/p65Td6F
Across all these episodes, what we keep learning is: facilitating architecture means creating the conditions where the real reasons behind decisions can safely surface. That's harder than any technical problem.
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In our latest episode, @gienverschatse.com shares how a team chose event sourcing because one dominant voice pushed for it, while the real drivers (fear, identity, the need for something exciting) stayed completely invisible. Nobody had the skills or the role to facilitate a better conversation.
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Teams that stay silent out of fear. Workshops where polite agreement masks real disagreement. Hierarchy that shuts down collaboration with a single gesture. Technology choices driven by career anxiety rather than analysis.
These aren't edge cases. They show up in nearly every story we hear.
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14 episodes into our Stories on Facilitating Software Architecture & Design series with @roundcrisis.com and @andrewhl.bsky.social, and one pattern keeps surfacing: the biggest threat to good architecture isn't a lack of technical knowledge. It's the human dynamics we don't address.
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Think about the last architectural decision your team made.
Was it actually decided through careful analysis? Or did the person who cared the most and spoke the loudest end up steering the outcome?
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#SoftwareArchitecture #FacilitatingArchitecture #CollaborativeSoftwareDesign #TechnicalLeadership
Some of the most beautiful hand-drawn diagrams i've ever seen. Turkish "Justice Gazette", 1920, artist: Cerîde-i Adliyye.
Source [substack] casualarchivist.substack.com/p/poetic-jus...
#türkiye #infographics #stunning
Can’t wait to be back in Berlin for @amaconf.bsky.social to talk about Anarchy and how it can help your architecture practice.
The whole conversation transformed how I thought about software. Check it out.
The new series @roundcrisis.com, @andrewhl.bsky.social and I are hosting is no different. Whether you prefer listening to a podcast, watching a video, or reading a blog - we've got you covered.
With Virtual Domain-driven design, we've always strived for free knowledge sharing and accessiblility to anyone wanting to go deeper into systems and software design.
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