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Why the domain matters One of the most important things I have learned as a software engineer is to design systems around the domain. In terms of software desi...

Introduction Most software architects I know have read the same books, watched the same conference talks, and absorbed the same design patterns. And yet, some...

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The number that explains everything Your brain can hold 4 to 7 chunks of information in working memory at once. That's the same for me, for you, for the most b...

Overview Most explanations of AI‑agent patterns are either too abstract to be useful or too simplified to be accurate. This guide aims to be both technically p...

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The Diagram Delusion Architecture diagrams have become corporate mythology. We create them not to document reality, but to imagine what we wish reality looked...

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