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Journey to Explore DDD: Denver, Americas, and Beyond

Add Dot - January 02, 2024 04:18 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this episode of the Add Dot podcast, Vaughn Vernon and Paul Rayner discuss the evolution of the Domain-Driven Design (DDD) community in North America. The conversation highlights the importance of fostering connections and providing valuable learning experiences. Throughout the conversation,...

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Breaking the Silence: Navigating the Spectrum of Communication Patterns

Add Dot - December 08, 2023 18:55 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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 wi...

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464: AI Grab Bag

Design Details - November 28, 2023 01:41 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 361 ratings
This week, we talk about Open AI's GPTs-as-apps strategy, FigJam's AI tools, and our dreams for a future Jarvis-like experience. The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forw...

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Humanity and AI

Add Dot - November 13, 2023 17:25 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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...

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463: Design Medley, Vol. 1

Design Details - October 18, 2023 00:24 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 361 ratings
This week, we talk about the delicate art of using animation in interface design, how to use button sizes, and managing margins in type styles. The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus con...

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462: Refactoring a Design System

Design Details - September 11, 2023 21:36 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 361 ratings
This week, Marshall breaks down his process, tips, and tricks to redesign a design system in Figma. The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/d...

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Made for the Cloud: Cell-based Architecture, Ballerina Language, and Choreo Platform

Add Dot - August 28, 2023 19:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Vaughn and Asanka—WSO2's CTO— discuss a relatively radical and fresh approach to cloud applications and services development. The tools include the domain-driven Cell-based Architecture, the Ballerina programming language, and the Choreo cloud platform. This purpose-built trio is composed as one...

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Banking Transformation and Modernization

Add Dot - August 04, 2023 00:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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 busine...

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461: Config and WWDC 2023

Design Details - July 25, 2023 01:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 361 ratings
This week, we supply some cold (but thoughtful!) takes on everything released during last month's WWDC and Config 2023. The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign...

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From Sustainable Architecture to Domain-Driven Transformation

Add Dot - July 14, 2023 16:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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. D...

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AsyncAPI and Event-Driven Architecture

Add Dot - June 13, 2023 03:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Vaughn and Fran meander through the topics AsyncAPI and Event-Driven Architecture using Fran's "thinking out loud" style. They examine the motivation for AsyncAPI, which rescued a startup product team from prolific boilerplate infrastructure code. Every microservice they created suffered from en...

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460: Arc Boosts ft. Gabriel Valdivia

Design Details - June 08, 2023 17:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 361 ratings
This week, we dissect the recently-launched Arc Boosts to try and understand what they're for and where they're going. The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign ...

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459: What Is Humane?

Design Details - May 18, 2023 17:10 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 361 ratings
This week, we talk about Humane's latest product demo and what we think it means for the future of AI-powered personal devices. The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forwa...

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API Portfolios for Everyone

Add Dot - April 22, 2023 15:33 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Vaughn and John discuss API portfolios and the increasing number of APIs being made available for public consumption. From John's deep knowledge and background in APIs, the timeline of early to contemporary technologies is considered for perspective. From there, they discuss monetization of stra...

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458: How Do You Simplify a UI?

Design Details - April 17, 2023 12:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 361 ratings
This week, we share non-obvious tips and tricks for simplifying a UI. The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails. Latest VIP Patr...

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AI That Actually Works (and With Ethics, Even!)

Add Dot - April 04, 2023 20:21 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Vaughn discusses generative AI with Cassidy Williams (@Cassidoo) regarding the SaaS AI product that she and her team have developed. They cover the challenges of generative AI that supports accuracy in content repurposing, such as: customers don't want content generated as a talk transcript with...

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Bonus: Author Anecdotes

Add Dot - March 17, 2023 20:28 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
After saying "ciao for now," Greg spontaneously continued the discussion, going into more details about book authoring. This turned into an interesting conversation about book writing experiences, but off topic from the initial podcast. You may still find it fun and informative. Hosted on Acas...

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457: How to Find Focus

Design Details - March 17, 2023 12:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 361 ratings
This week, we talk about finding focus when there are infinite things to learn to become a better designer. The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patre...

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The CQRS and Event Sourcing Long Position

Add Dot - March 14, 2023 23:02 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Vaughn and Greg discuss a lot of topics! CQRS Event Sourcing The CQRS and Event Sourcing book Greg was completing at the time of this interview EventStore and specific unique features EventStore Clustering complexity PAXOS (defined by Leslie Lamport in 1998) Data Mesh "The Old New Thing"...

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456: Should Designers Name Their Layers?

Design Details - February 27, 2023 13:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 361 ratings
This week, we fight about whether designers should name their layers (without saying "it depends"). The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/d...

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455: Shift Happens ft. Marcin Wichary

Design Details - February 13, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 361 ratings
This week, we talked with Marcin Wichary about Shift Happens, a book about keyboards. We dive into the details of the book, its publication, website, and more. The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for acc...

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Writing Patterns for API Design

Add Dot - February 07, 2023 02:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
With several great books on API design already on our shelves, this one stands out as a hefty pattern language and catalog for API designers. It's chock full of about everything you could need to design an industrial-strength API. Our discussion steps through the pattern writing process, includi...

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454: Is UI Design Actually That Important?

Design Details - January 26, 2023 03:18 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 361 ratings
This week, we answer a crucial question: is UI design actually that important? Our answer may shock you 🫢 The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon...

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453: Building a Type Stack

Design Details - January 12, 2023 16:54 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 361 ratings
This week, we discuss strategies for building an excellent type stack in your designs. The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails....

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Viewpoints: Software Development's Future

Add Dot - December 28, 2022 18:42 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
What has changed in the software industry from 20 years ago and five years ago, and what might trends indicate about the future? Consider what developers use over and over again, year after year: programming languages, databases, testing, deployment, and operations. How can we improve developer e...

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452: Design Trends for 2023

Design Details - December 21, 2022 20:59 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 361 ratings
This week, we discuss current visual design trends and how the web will look in 2023. The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails. ...

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451: The Whole Twitter Thing

Design Details - December 03, 2022 20:27 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 361 ratings
This week, we talk about the whole Twitter thing, and how we'd handle the verified badge design debacle. The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon....

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450: Designing Hefty Interfaces

Design Details - November 10, 2022 23:08 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 361 ratings
This week, we talk about what gives software the feeling of heft and the effect of that feeling on how customers perceive the value of a tool. The Sidebar: The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus cont...

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Web API Design in the Face of Complex Distributed Architectures

Add Dot - November 08, 2022 17:30 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Matt McLarty (@mattmclartybc) is the Global Field CTO at MuleSoft. He works closely with organizations to define digital strategies, as well as design and implement enterprise-grade API and microservices solutions. An experienced software architect, Matt has worked extensively in the field of int...

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Functional, DRY, and Bi-Temporal Models

Add Dot - October 25, 2022 19:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Tomasz discusses these advanced topics while applying the overarching principles of Domain-Driven Design.   Functional Programming and Architecture The real meaning of the largely misunderstood DRY principle (Don't Repeat Yourself) The effects of tacit knowledge within organizations. The de...

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