Week 32, year 2023
- State Transition: Uncovering a New Data Model - Every database paradigm, past and present, has a data model with concepts that uniquely identifies it: [Event Store blog]
- Creating an integrated business and technology strategy - My colleague Sarah Taraporewalla describes an approach to building technology strategy that challenges the convention. It starts by identifying the overall strategic directions that the organization is considering, and using common aspects of these directions to indicate the investigations needed for the organization to understand the technology implications raised by that strategic change. This first installment looks at two of these directions: expanding the business by creating complementary products, and expanding the business into new markets and regions. [Martin Fowler]
- Starting your first PoC with an event-driven approach and Axon - Introduction Are you planning to get your first hands-on experience with a more event-driven approach to software development? Are you considering using Axon? Then this blog is meant to help you. [AxonIQ Blog]
- Coding assistants do not replace pair programming - In her 5th memo about exploring GenAI for software development, Birgitta Böckeler answers the frequently asked question if coding assistants are making the practice of Pair Programming obsolete. Spoiler alert: They don't. [Martin Fowler]
- First stage of reducing costs for a scaleup - When scaleups need to start working on cost efficiency, our experience is that they need to form a cost optimization team to work on the immediate steps that are needed. In this installment Sofia and Stefania describe how to understand the primary cost drivers, together with the levers to get them under control. [Martin Fowler]
- Tech strategy for new customer segments and inorganic growth - Sarah Taraporewalla moves on to the remaining two strategic directions that are part of growing the business. Expanding into new customer segments can introduce new operational processes or channels. Inorganic growth (eg acquisitions and mergers) needs an understanding of the drivers of increased value and the long term expectation (eg merge or keep separate and divest) for the business unit. [Martin Fowler]
- Could you help me by filling a short survey about an online course? - I realised that I could do more to help you and other folks. I’ve been sharing online content for free in the last few years on this blog… [Event-Driven by Oskar Dudycz]