- Tags:: 🗞️Articles, My management principles, values, and practices
- Author:: Robert Laszczak (Principal Engineer at Karhoo. Co-founder of Three Dots Labs. Creator of Watermill).
- Link:: Software Dark Ages
- Source date:: 2021-06-16
- Finished date:: 2021-07-01
On Adanismo, ✍️ Refusing to stand on the shoulders of giants:
Some time has passed, and these problems are not gone in other companies. Even if the solution for these problems exists and is not arcane knowledge. People seem to not be aware of that. Maybe it’s because old techniques like GRASP (1997), SOLID (2000) or DDD (Domain-Driven Design) (2003) are often forgotten or considered obsolete? It reminds me of the situation that happened in the historical Dark Ages, when the ancient knowledge was forgotten. Similarly, we can use the old ideas. They’re still valid and can solve present-day issues, but they’re often ignored. It’s like we live in Software Dark Ages.
Related to ✍️ Ask HN. How bad should the code be in a startup.:
It’s not easy to enter the DDD world. A lot of books and articles are missing the most important DDD points by oversimplifying them. They are also often explained in abstract examples that are detached from reality. It’s also not rare to see too long and too complex examples that are impossible to understand.
Many sources describing DDD spend most of the time covering tactical patterns. Sometimes, they even skip strategic patterns. You can practice DDD by using just the strategic patterns. In some projects using tactical DDD patterns is even overkill. Unfortunately, most people are doing the totally opposite thing. They use just tactical patterns without the strategic part. That’s super horrifying.