In software architecture and design, your best bet is to do the simplest thing that could possibly work to solve the problem you know now rather than reach the ideal state of the system. Yet, this is not the default way of designing software. So how can we do better? Let’s see, with the help […]
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If you’re interested to learn more, join now the architectural kata on Space Based architecture on 3 July 2025: https://mozaicworks.com/product/performed-architectural-kata-series-space-based-architecture. Space Based Architecture is an architectural style that has recently gained traction within large organizations. While not a new idea (it was created by Microsoft in 1997-1998), it is a very interesting alternative to microservices
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Two-thirds of enterprise leaders won’t hire you without AI skills. That’s not clickbait – that’s from a recent ThoughtWorks article. And if you’re still calling AI coding assistants ‘too risky,’ you might already be in the unacceptable column at companies like Zapier. I was skeptical and had mixed feelings about LLMs. But now I believe
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A common question our clients ask is: our estimations are not precise enough, what should we do? Alex responds in this video.
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We analyze and react to the insightful article by Rebecca Wirfs-Brock and Mathias Verraes called “Design and Reality”, that describes how ubiquitous language is different from domain language, and how additional domain elements can be found and influence the problem domain. The article is here: http://www.wirfs-brock.com/blog/2021/09/13/design-and-reality/
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Is it a good idea to learn more programming languages, or should you focus just on mastering one of them? What would be a useful attitude towards polyglot programming in the different stages of your career? We discuss about polyglot programming from our experience and try to give advice to programmers from all stages of
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Let’s be honest, we do not treat frontend code the same way we treat backend code. And it shows. We talk about applying rules of clean code, about keeping it simple, about writing unit tests. Yet, when it comes to writing frontend code, we skip all those rules that we usually self impose. We convinced
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The 5th edition of I T.A.K.E Unconference, the only technology agnostic event in Central and Eastern Europe, is taking place in Bucharest, Romania, 11-12 May. With a line-up of more than 30 international speakers, 6 keynotes, 6 parallel tracks, a technical Open Space and many opportunities for coding, the event brings together top-notch software crafters who lead the change in
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This is a guest post by Thomas Sundberg What makes one specification a bad specification and another specification a good specification? What is the fundamental difference between two specifications? Software is special One important difference between physical things and programs is that physical things are complicated to test. Physical things usually need special tools to
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One of the dangers of writing user stories is that they can get pretty big if there’s no one on the team to point it out. The scope of a user story becomes broader than it should be. In the following article, I’m going to walk you through the reasons why you should aim for
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