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Metaphorically Speaking

Using metaphors and analogies to explain Software Engineering things, including: DDD, CQRS and Event Sourcing.

By Andrew Cairns

· Launched 4 years ago

Many articles, plus Event Sourcing Explained using Football

It has been a while since I published one of these, so here's what I've been doing:

May 10•Andrew Cairns

Devlog #1: The Profiles Bounded Context RFC

A look into the planning when extracting a new bounded context.

Jan 20, 2025•Andrew Cairns

Devlog: Strangling a Monolith

Documenting the process of extracting a Bounded Context

Aug 17, 2024•Andrew Cairns

Upcoming: Strangling a Monolith

What I'm working on and the content I'll be creating

May 17, 2024•Andrew Cairns

Article Metrics: First Week After Publishing & More

Openly sharing metrics and what I'm learning from them about content creation.

May 12, 2024•Andrew Cairns

YouTube Metrics - 2 Weeks After Upload & More

Openly sharing metrics and what I'm learning from them about content creation

Feb 12, 2024•Andrew Cairns