Pragmatic Architecture: How to Know When It’s Enough

Details Overengineering wastes time and effort, while underengineering creates future pain. How do you strike the right balance? This talk explores how you can use the balanced coupling model to achieve the just-right engineering. You’ll learn to predict volatility of software components using domain-driven design, Wardley maps, and other proven techniques. Finally, we’ll cover software design strategies that adapt to different volatility levels, ensuring stability without unnecessary complexity or wasted resources. About Vlad Vlad Khononov is a software architect with extensive industry experience, having held roles ranging from webmaster to chief architect. He currently helps organisations make sense of their business domains, untangle monoliths, and address complex architectural challenges. In 2021, Vlad published Learning Domain-Driven Design, followed by his latest book, Balancing Coupling in Software Design, released in 2024. As a public speaker, Vlad presents at conferences worldwide on topics such as software architecture, domain-driven design, and distributed systems.