Designing Modular Monoliths in C# – A Proposal

My goal with this post is to propose a model for structuring .NET monoliths in a modular fashion that both keeps distribution complexity low whilst at the same time keeping options for distribution in the future, open!

Agentic Coding – Part 1

Since my first post on agentic refactoring and having attended O’Reilly Coding With AI seminar, I have learnt about a couple of techniques (more like still learning to get good at them), that have improved the results I have had with agentic coding somewhat

Lessons and Takeaways from O’Reilly “Coding With AI” Event

Last week I attended the O’Reilly “Coding With AI – The End of Software Development As We Know It”…so in this quick post I will share my bullet point takeaways, ideas and lessons from that event

Some Observations on AI/Agentic Refactoring

I have been reading, hearing a lot about how AI/vibe coding will make software engineers obsolete and that agentic coding is like magic…so I decided to give agentic refactoring a shot

My Experience Facilitating Big Picture Event Storming Sessions

I wanted to reflect on and share my experience and learnings from big picture event storming sessions. Hopefully it will be helpful for others as well, but if there are tips and tricks I am missing please feel free to leave a comment or two

Revisiting Essential Elements of the Ports and Adapters Architecture Style

I will attempt to define each element of the style a bit and also show some C# code examples to illustrate the points

How We Reorganised Engineering Teams at Coolblue for Better Ownership and Business Alignment

In this post, I will share my experiences leveraging Domain Driven Design strategies and Team Topologies to reorganise two product engineering teams in the Purchasing domain at Coolblue (one of the largest e-commerce companies in the Netherlands).

An Exercise in Domain Modeling Guided By Strategic Domain Driven Design – Part 2

In this final part, I will review the current domain model, explore alternatives and make some model improvements keeping in mind the outcome of the design level event storm. Finally I will end with some DDD takeaways that should be applicable generally

An Exercise in Domain Modeling Guided By Strategic Domain Driven Design – Part 1

A practice in domain (re)modeling using my pet project, guided by strategic and tactical DDD patterns.