DDD, necessary but insufficient: physical design principles for microservices

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DDD, necessary but insufficient: physical design principles for microservices

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I recently gave a talk at DDD SoCal about how the usual (logical) design "techniques" - DDD, loose coupling, high cohesion - are necessary but insufficient when defining a microservice architecture.


You must also consider the dark energy and dark matter forces, which are more physical in nature and only partially overlap with those logical design "techniques".


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I’m super excited to announce the launch of Microservices.io Premium. It’s a paid subscription section of Microservices.IO. I plan to regularly publish in-depth articles about important microservices-related topics. Learn more.

Remote consulting, training, speaking and office hours


I help organizations around the world (the Americas, Europe and APAC) use the microservice architecture.


I provide consulting and training to help you successfully adopt and use the microservice architecture.


I'm also available to speak at internal conferences and other corporate events.


Need help with a specific microservice architecture problem? Sign up for office hours.

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It covers the key distributed data management patterns including Saga, API Composition, and CQRS.


The bootcamp consists of video lectures, quizzes and code walk-throughs/labs. It's self-paced and you can start at any time. There is a weekly ask-me-anything video conference repeated in multiple timezones.


Use the coupon MECNPWNR to sign up for $120 ($275 discount). There are bigger discounts for buying multiple seats (10+ and 20+). Bulk purchases come with the option of private, paid Q&A sessions. Valid until May 16th, 2023.


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