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Derek Comartin

Semantic Versioning is overrated

Package Managers (npm, nuget, pip, composer, maven, etc) are an incredible tool for leveraging other libraries and frameworks into your products or projects. What seems to have been largely lost in the decision-making process on if you should take on a dependency and what the implications are. Once you do take a dependency, how much do you trust the vendor/author and semantic versioning? Before you do a quick npm install or update let me explain some things you should be considering. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel where I post all kinds of content that accompanies my posts including this video showing… Read More »Semantic Versioning is overrated

Should you use Domain Driven Design?

I often read comments about how Domain Driven Design is too complicated or overkill. Then there are others new to DDD that want to apply it, especially the technical patterns, everywhere. So the question is, should you use Domain Driven Design? The answer is somewhere in the middle. Let me explain. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel where I post all kinds of content that accompanies my posts including this video showing everything that is in this post. Large System First, let me define some context on what I’m going to refer to in the rest of this post. When talking about… Read More »Should you use Domain Driven Design?

CRUD API + Complexity = Death by a 1000 Papercuts

Focusing on CRUD API (Create, Read Update, Delete) and Entities force your end-users to perform the business logic and workflow themselves. Meaning they must know the logic since it’s in their head and not in your system. While CRUD sounds simple, I’ll illustrate how adding business logic to a CRUD-driven system can lead to a lot of complexity and how focusing on tasks instead can lead to a more explicit design that captures intent. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel where I post all kinds of content that accompanies my posts including this video showing everything that is in this post. CRUD… Read More »CRUD API + Complexity = Death by a 1000 Papercuts