by Organisers @virtualddd | May 26, 2026
There's a certain frustration that comes from doing everything right — by the book, with experienced people, using proven methods — and still watching it fail. Not because the methods were wrong, but because the real problem was somewhere else entirely,...
by Organisers @virtualddd | May 12, 2026
We've all been in that meeting. Someone proposes a solution, someone else proposes a different one, and within minutes the room has split into camps. People stop listening and start waiting for their turn to argue. The discussion goes in circles, nobody feels...
by Organisers @virtualddd | Apr 28, 2026
We often assume that architects working on the same system share the same understanding of its structure. They're looking at the same code, working with the same components, attending the same meetings. But that assumption rarely holds up when you actually test...
by Organisers @virtualddd | Apr 7, 2026
We fight about Agile versus Six Sigma, build versus buy, in-house versus outsourced. We pick our methodology camps and defend them. But most of these battles miss the point entirely. That's the challenge Simon Wardley shared with us in this installment of Stories...
by Organisers @virtualddd | Mar 31, 2026
We often assume that resolving a major outage requires centralized command and control—getting the right experts in a room and coordinating their efforts until the problem is solved. But sometimes the best thing incident commanders can do is create space for the right...
