Andrew Harmel-Law

Evolving with the Changing Requirements: The DDD Dream 🔗Transcription 00:05 Indu Alagarsamy What I'm going to talk today, this talk is going to be, is requirements are going to be changing all the time and how can we keep up with those requirement…

Time is a crucial element in modeling business workflows. In this video, @indualagarsamy shows how to implement your business policies in such a manner that it truly revolves around your business so you can realize the DDD dream

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November 6-7 I will be at @newcrafts.bsky.social in hashtag #Paris.

I love this conference, and this year I'll be sharing another new talk - this time about all the things you wanted to know about hashtag #anarchy but were afraid to ask. 🏴‍☠️ 🎉

Hope to see you there!

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This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. #GOTOcon #GOTOunscripted https://gotopia.tech Check out more here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/400 David Whitney - Director of Architecture at… Why SW Architecture is Mostly Communication • David Whitney, Ian Cooper & Hannes Lowette • GOTO 2025

Architecture isn’t about perfect diagrams - it’s about enabling teams to decide well when you’re not there. As @icooper.bsky.social, @hanneslowette.net & @davidwhitney.co.uk say: the best architects create culture, not constraints.

Promo card for my GOTO Copenhagen 2025 talk. It says "Learn how to make architecture everyone's job without creating chaos, with Andrew Harmel-Law, Tech Principal at Thoughtworks"

I'm excited to be talking next week @gotocon.com (Copenhagen) about how to make architecture work in todays complex, ever-evolving world.

There will be lots about the Architecture Advice Process, and a wee drop of anarchy too. (But no chaos, promise.)

Come and find me for a chat if you're there.

(I'd also *really* appreciate it if you could re-share this, even if you can't afford to support me. Reach matters. 🙏)

🏃‍♂️ I'm running the Berlin Half Marathon 2026 for Sea-Watch.org.

They conduct vital search & rescue operations in the Mediterranean, saving lives when others turn away.

21.1km for me = solidarity with their life-saving mission.

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With @kenny.weave-it.org and @andrewhl.bsky.social we are creating a series about our stories on facilitating software architecture.
How to move towards decentralisation no matter how your organisation operates (because it might just improve things)
We would love your stories too, questions welcome

Get the 25-book @oreilly.bsky.social @humblebundle.com to not only get my book, #CommunicationPatterns, but also @andrewhl.bsky.social's Facilitating Software Architecture & @dianamontalion.com's Learning Systems Thinking. This triad of books is what you need to boost your software!

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Time to talk about changing how we approach software architecture! Because, honestly, the usual ways often hold teams back and make things worse. But making the switch can be tough!

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. #GOTOcon #GOTOunscripted https://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/392 Andrew… Breaking the Architecture Bottleneck • Andrew Harmel-Law & Marit van Dijk • GOTO 2025

From bottleneck to facilitator: @andrewhl.bsky.social & @maritvandijk.bsky.social discuss transforming software architecture through collaborative decision-making

Together with @roundcrisis.com and @andrewhl.bsky.social, I’ve launched a new series on Facilitating Software Architecture and Design. We’ll share practical ways to decentralize architecture, no matter your role or context. Curious why you’d want to do that? The first episode is out now.

The Way of Ways

Day 2/30 sharing my favorite doodles and drawings.

A key difference here is that while either can be incorrect, the structure of Wikipedia *creates context* and the structure of LLMs *destroys context*

Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when

An LLM just generates text

Have you learned about my favorite character prank, the Greek question mark?

It looks identical to a semicolon. Just sprinkle it into a C codebase and have fun

#define ; ;

Jury nullification - Wikipedia

Everyone should know about jury nullification!

A jury has an absolute right to return any verdict it chooses. You can return a verdict of NOT GUILTY if you consider a law, punishment, or prosecutor unjust.

Mind you, if you mention this during selection, you may not end up on a jury.

Pass it on!

🗣️ Paging the Marshal Law and Boys universes…

Ooooffffffffff.

(Also: 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻)

YOW! 2025 Developer Conference speaker Andrew Harmel Law, Tech Principal at Thoughtworks Facilitating Software Architecture: Empowering Teams to Make Architectural Decisions Caucasian man with short hair and stubble, wearing a mic and dark green tshirt gesturing on stage

How do you empower teams to make great architectural decisions? @andrewhl.bsky.social will share strategies on facilitating #SoftwareArchitecture. Learn how to balance creativity & structure in complex systems & make architecture a team sport!

#YOW25 MEL 4-5 | BNE 8-9 | SYD 11-12 Dec
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Tebbit was one of the architects of Section 28 which sought to prohibit ‘the promotion of homosexuality.’ This law emboldened bigots and silenced many librarians and teachers, including some of mine. As a gay kid I was left without official support from my school. It was terrifying and cruel.

Java Conferences with closing CFP in the next 15 days:

Devoxx Belgium Closes: 18 July 2025
Devoxx Morocco Closes: 09 July 2025

If you want to add your conference, please submit it at https://javaconferences.org/

I’ll be there! Join @roundcrisis.com and I for book club goodness.

"The four means of agreement, arranged to compare their relative directiveness and specificity" From Facilitating Software Architecture by @andrewhl.bsky.social

Want to learn more about it? Join us at @virtualddd.com online book club

WHEN: Tuesday 8th July at 7pm NZ time
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Adventures in Systems zine with SoCraTes logo

Looking forward to SoCraTes Soltau and another 2 hour hands on session during the preconference training day.

This is the 3rd permutation in a run that began at Explore DDD, followed by DDDEU.

Great advice on what to avoid when democratising architecture decision making from @andrewhl.bsky.social at BCS SPA London.

If your knee-jerk reaction to artists despairing over massive lay-offs and the further erosion of entire creative industries is anything but solidarity with the artists, rethink everything.

I guess for me if your model for improving "developer experience" does not take seriously the social constructs around human ability that will forever limit who we let into "software" if we don't face them, well, I can't take your model seriously. It won't solve problems it'll just move them

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