Knowledge-working

Published on
August 22, 2025
The ambiguity of architecture decision records
design-thinking domain-driven-design language-patterns design-patterns software-architecture mental-models communication knowledge-working balancing-coupling collaboration software-teaming understanding
Is a "decision recording" what we are really looking for?
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August 7, 2025
The knowledge gravity problem
design-thinking domain-driven-design language-patterns design-patterns object-oriented-design functional-programming software-architecture mental-models communication knowledge-working balancing-coupling
Is there a force driving our systems towards complexity?
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August 4, 2025
The ambiguity, the curse and the fallacy of domain model
design-thinking domain-driven-design language-patterns design-patterns object-oriented-design functional-programming software-architecture mental-models communication knowledge-working
Is it possible to "apply" Entity Component System (ECS) thinking to System Design?
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July 12, 2025
Time, angle and depth: dimensions in software design
design-thinking domain-driven-design language-patterns design-patterns object-oriented-design functional-programming software-architecture mental-models communication knowledge-working
Can we use physical qualities while reasoning about systems?
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July 1, 2025
Easy will make you dizzy?
design-thinking tools domain-driven-design language-patterns design-patterns object-oriented-design functional-programming software-architecture mental-models communication knowledge-working
Are we losing something important while getting better tools?
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March 30, 2025
Evolve, don't hack
domain-modeling contextual-models modeling software-design problem-space domain-driven-design software-architecture strategic-thinking business-capabilities software-design design-thinking knowledge-working patterns
Where is the difference between evolving and hacking?
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March 24, 2025
Context Segregation Principle
domain-modeling contextual-models modeling software-design problem-space domain-driven-design software-architecture strategic-thinking business-capabilities software-design design-thinking knowledge-working patterns
is there a single unified way of looking at reality?
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February 10, 2025
The ambiguity of problems
theory-of-contraints software-teaming lean the-goal model modeling mental-models representations knowledge-working ambiguity misconceptions coding abstractions language product-engineering
What if problems whisper to us?
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January 3, 2025
Functions (and facts) describe the world
model modeling mental-models representations knowledge-working abstractions exploration fsharp fsharp-advent-calendar functional paradigms state-machines event-sourcing event-driven events event-storming domain-driven-design software-design
Can everything be modeled with this pair?
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December 10, 2024
Abstracting over people
model modeling mental-models representations knowledge-working ambiguity misconceptions abstractions language language-patterns peopleware people-skills team-building leadership
How to model people?
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November 12, 2024
The ambiguity of objects
model modeling mental-models representations knowledge-working ambiguity misconceptions coding abstractions language language-patterns object-oriented-design messaging functional-design
Are objects essentially bad?
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September 29, 2024
Representing knowledge: what, how and why
model modeling development-process mental-models representations knowledge-working ambiguity misconceptions coding abstractions language language-patterns
What are the different levels of representing knowledge?
Published on
September 11, 2024
The ambiguity of team work
model modeling development-process mental-models representations leadership ambiguity misconceptions knowledge knowledge-working
Heads or hands?
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April 6, 2024
The ambiguity of code
paradigms design-thinking modeling domain-driven-design patterns knowledge-working software-architecture software-design interfaces responsibilities responsibility-driven-design coding encoding representation
How do we understand "the code"?
Published on
March 10, 2024
The ambiguity of interfaces
paradigms design-thinking modeling domain-driven-design patterns knowledge-working software-architecture software-design interfaces responsibilities responsibility-driven-design
How does need-driven thinking shape the way we design?
Published on
February 29, 2024
Inverse Bruce Lee maneuver
paradigms programming-models design-thinking modelling domain-driven-design patterns knowledge-working software-architecture software-design
How many kicks should an engineer know?