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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 1d

Have you had enough of all the endless chit-chat about AI? Yeah. I hear you.

So I ain’t sayin’ nuffink other than, I’m running a two-day workshop in Amsterdam on November 17th and 18th, getting the most out of LLM-augmented coding tools and having FUN with it.
Let’s not talk about it. Let’s DO It.

Building Robust Maintainable Software Using genAI with Clare Sudbery - Trifork Academy

Join Clare Sudbery for a 2-day masterclass on building robust, maintainable software using genAI using test-driven development.

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Domain-Driven Design Europe @dddeu.bsky.social · 1d

⏰ Only 2 weeks left to submit a proposal for a workshop at DDD Europe 2026.
❗ Deadline for the workshops is: October 31, 2025.
👉 Send in your ideas for workshops now: buff.ly/RXoL9H8

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 1d

Me and @javujavichi.bsky.social “together” on stage. My favourite moment of #gsas25 captured here. First time I got quoted in a talk, achievement unlocked. ❤️

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Newcrafts Conference @newcrafts.bsky.social · 2d

⛔ LAST DAY! Regular Tier pricing vanishes TOMORROW (October 15th). Stop thinking, start clicking. Your future self will thank you.
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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 10d

I am giving a talk and doing a workshop at #gsas25 (gsas.io) It is not too late to get your ticket! 13-15 October 2025 in Barcelona. Come find me :)

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Jacqui Read @tekiegirl.bsky.social · Sep 2

There's one thing you can do to improve the quality of your software that not many people would think of...

Improve your communication

Join me to improve your software with diagrams-as-code + AI on 30 Sep

20% off code
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Andrea Magnorsky @roundcrisis.com · Jul 1

Want to come to BEACON?
🧭 1 day event for technical leaders
🎤 Talks in the AM
🤝 An unconference in the PM
🌱 Theme: sustainable evolution — thoughtful, ongoing change in teams and systems

📆 13 Oct 2025
🗺️Auckland

The event will be catered and ticketed (price TBC)

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Beacon is coming - are you interested?

Beacon - Shining a light on the future of tech leadership. A gathering for tech leaders who want to create the future together. Part talks, part open sessions, part guided discussion. No fluff. No ...

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · May 15

Listen to “System Thinking” on our @aardlingeu.bsky.social YouTube Channel: youtu.be/PQ7alnbdUp4 (Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.)

Learning Systems Thinking with Diana Montalion

Today’s episode of Satisfying Software is with Diana Montalion, author of Learning Systems Thinking. Diana has a wealth of experience of helping software tea...

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · May 15

The way we think and the way we design our software systems isn't aligned. In order to make that alignment better, we need to understand our thinking, and the system we are in. In this episode, I spoke with @mentrix.bsky.social on decisions, belief systems versus truth, and non-linear thinking.

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · May 8

Listen to “Empowering Teams to Make Architectural Decisions” on our @aardlingeu.bsky.social YouTube Channel: youtu.be/GOtSrwIut-g (Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.)

Empowering Teams to Make Architectural Decisions with Andrew Harmel-Law

Andrew Harmel-Law is the author of "Facilitating Software Architecture: Empowering Teams to Make Architectural Decisions", a new book published by O'Reilly. ...

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · May 8

One that fit the agile mindset software teams adapted to a long time ago.

In this episode of Satisfying Software, I spoke with @andrewhl.bsky.social on The Architecture Advice Process, a way to make architectural decisions that works inside an agile environment. [2/3]

Empowering Teams to Make Architectural Decisions with Andrew Harmel-Law

Andrew Harmel-Law is the author of "Facilitating Software Architecture: Empowering Teams to Make Architectural Decisions", a new book published by O'Reilly. ...

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · May 8

We often mock architects being in an ivory tower, making all the decisions, not listening to the developers, and not caring if they made the right architectural choices. What most of us failed to notice was that nobody was offering them a different process to make architectural decisions. [1/3]

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · May 7

Looking forward to it! Get your ticket here: 2025.dddeurope.com/program/lead...

Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · May 7

Currently working on my new workshop called "Leadership in Software Design". The workshop is going to be great: we will talk about leadership and software design. Other topics we will touch are decisions, people and culture.

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · May 6

HowTo - Quick and easy decisions: a razor, e.g. occam's razor, are philosophical laws designed to help you “shave off” unlikely explanations or thinking patterns. So if you want to eliminate options, try applying the law’s that have the word razor in it.

Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · Apr 30

Listen to “Communication patterns for engineers” on our @aardlingeu.bsky.social YouTube Channel: youtu.be/oKdbQfqDolU (Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.)

Communication patterns for engineers with Jacqui Read

Jacqui Read is the author of "Communication Patterns: A Guide for Developers and Architects."She is a well-known speaker and gave one of the most well-receiv...

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · Apr 30

What does it mean to be good at communicating? I have tried (and failed) to improve my communication in general because being to communicate your solutions is as important as the solutions. In this episode of Satisfying Software, I spoke with @tekiegirl.bsky.social on the communicating architecture.

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Dear CoMo - Collaborative Software Design @collaborative-software-design.com · Apr 24

Dear CoMo, Why does my colleague never contradict me?

It sounds like your colleague might be dealing with a classic case of conflict avoidance. Now, don’t get me wrong—I don’t say that to be unkind. Read all about it at the latest Dear CoMo collaborative-software-design.com/dear-como/co...

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · Apr 23

Listen to “Designing Event-Driven Systems” on our @aardlingeu.bsky.social YouTube Channel: youtu.be/Ez1tZntKrJs (Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.)

Designing Event-Driven Systems with Laïla Bougriâ

Today’s guest is Laïla Bougriâ, a well-known expert and speaker on event-driven and distributed systems. She works as a software engineer and solutions archi...

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · Apr 23

Event-Driven systems come with challenges: How do we version our events? Can we only publish events in an Event-Driven Architecture? How do we test all of this? These are a few of the questions I discussed with @noctovis.bsky.social in our latest episode of Satisfying Software!

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · Apr 16

Listen to the episode via our @aardlingeu.bsky.social YouTube Channel: youtu.be/kIsd9EUg5UI
Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts

Domain-Driven Design tactical patterns with Thomas Coopman

Thomas Coopman has taught hundreds of organisations to adopt Domain-Driven Design practices. In this conversation, we cover:- Which language/s work best with...

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · Apr 16

Which programming language works really well with Tactical Patterns? When should be involve our software developers? How to deal with something that is over or under modeled? In our second episode of Satisfying Software, I spoke with @tcoopman.bsky.social on the Tactical Patterns of DDD.

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · Apr 9

Listen to Satisfying Software on Spotify (tinyurl.com/3m9xjjyu), Apple Podcasts (tinyurl.com/33e2ww9h), or via our Aardling YouTube channel (tinyurl.com/3xwaas37).
Sponsored by @aardlingeu.bsky.social

Satisfying Software podcast, Residues, a new way to design your software systems with Barry O'Reilly episode

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · Apr 9

Software design is a discipline of uncertainty. We took principles and tools from disciplines of certainty into a discipline of uncertainty and we are surprised when hell breaks lose. On our 1ep of Satisfying Software, I spoke to Barry O’Reilly on finding a better way to architect software system.

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · Apr 8

The fun thing about working for @aardlingeu.bsky.social is that I have the liberty to do things that help the community. I am very excited to share this new podcast I and my brilliant colleagues Theo and Hilde have been working on called Satisfying Software. First episode will be released soon!

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