Full episode notes: ⁠https://threedots.tech/episode/ddd-toolbox-not-religion/

Quick takeaways

• Domain complexity matters more than technical complexity - Most projects fail not because of technical challenges, but because they don’t handle the business domain well.
• DDD is a toolbox, not a religion - You don’t need to use every pattern from Domain-Driven Design. Pick what solves your actual problems.
• Start with the domain model - Understanding how the business works is more important than designing the perfect schema.
• Avoid solving imaginary problems - Spending months on frameworks or platforms before building actual features often leads to wasted effort.
• Strategic patterns are essential for everyone - Even if you don’t use tactical DDD patterns, thinking about core domains and module boundaries matters in every project.

In this episode, we discuss why software projects become legacy code that nobody wants to touch.

We talk about how Domain-Driven Design can help, but also why it’s often misunderstood or overused.

Instead of treating DDD as an all-or-nothing approach, we suggest to use the ideas pragmatically - picking the patterns that solve real problems in your project.

We share stories to show how focusing on domain complexity rather than technical complexity leads to better software.