Category Archives: ThoughtWorks

Factory and Repository in the Domain

Posted on December 6, 2007 by evan

I’m a big fan of the book Domain Driven Design, and for some time I’ve been pushing the principles and patterns in my workplace. I’ve never managed to get ‘into’ the more theoretical parts of the book, and I chuckle … Continue reading →

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Exposed

Posted on July 15, 2007 by evan

My colleague Mark thinks that no-one reads his blog.

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Australian Architecture Forum Done.

Posted on July 4, 2007 by evan

Last week I presented with some ThoughtWorks colleagues at the Australian Architecture Forum in Sydney and Melbourne. My topic was titled “No Nukes – don’t detonate your legacy software” covering approaches to incrementally replacing a legacy application. I was a … Continue reading →

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iPhone envy

Posted on July 2, 2007 by evan

12 new posts on ThoughtBlogs this morning, and about 10 of them were about the iPhone. No iPhone joy for the antipodes. *sigh*

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Careful of ‘technical stories’

Posted on June 11, 2007 by evan

Just came across an old article by Jeremy Miller titled ‘Balancing Technical Improvements vs New Business Features‘ which hits on a topic close to my heart. I’ve been doing a lot of work in the last couple of years on … Continue reading →

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Canary Tests

Posted on June 10, 2007 by evan

Neal Ford writes about Coalmine Canary Tests. Canaries were carried by miners in the ‘olden days’ as an early warning system for a buildup of gas, giving them time to exit the mine before imminent death. Neal describes using a … Continue reading →

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Build Hat

Posted on June 6, 2007 by evan

I like the build patterns that TWer Sam Newman has been blogging about. A recent favorite was a post titled “build fix flag” where Sam describes using a paper flag to show visually who is fixing the build. The rules … Continue reading →

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Scared little boy. Australian Architecture Forum 2007

Posted on June 4, 2007 by evan

So I’m presenting at the AAF in Sydney June 27th, and Melbourne June 29th. The topic is about dealing with legacy software, peppered with learnings from a couple of client projects. It’s a topic I feel strongly about and an … Continue reading →