Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

Explore the critical importance of modularity in software and architectural design in this NDC Oslo 2021 conference talk. Delve into the challenges of creating robust and sustainable modular designs, and discover why traditional approaches often fall short. Learn how to apply systems thinking to improve modularization efforts, considering all aspects of the problem space, including business needs and human factors. Gain insights into various modularization practices such as information hiding, SOA, microservices, DDD, and Team Topologies, and understand the theory behind them. Develop holistic system design skills to create solutions with requisite coherence, potentially safeguarding against the distributed big ball of mud that hinders agility and collaboration. Through this comprehensive exploration, enhance your ability to piece together effective modularization practices and improve your overall system design capabilities.