Nicole Andrade, Author at Kalele

Vaughn Vernon on Why the Outbox Pattern Falls Short – And the Smarter Alternative for Event-Driven Systems

May 5, 2025 No Comments

In Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and distributed systems, few names carry as much weight as Vaughn Vernon, a globally recognized expert and author of practical books like Implementing Domain-Driven Design and Strategic Monoliths and Microservices. Vernon sparked a critical conversation in a thought-provoking video titled “Why I Hate the Outbox Pattern,” a discussion that challenges popular

Why Traditional Software Estimates Fail – And How Vaughn Vernon’s ‘No Estimates’ Approach Fixes It

April 29, 2025 No Comments

Software development teams around the world face a recurring challenge: accurate project estimation under pressure to deliver fast. Even with frameworks such as Scrum or different agile approaches in place, missed deadlines and exceeded budgets are still common issues. Vaughn Vernon, a prominent expert in Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and author of “Implementing Domain-Driven Design” and

Are You A Techie?

February 29, 2020 No Comments

Are you a technical person? I am often asked that question. Why? Does the answer matter? I believe most are curious and ask simply to understand how to communicate with me. Or, perhaps the person is trying to figure out which box to tick next to my name. I get that. But, really, aren’t we

Announcing XOOM Version 1.0.0 General Availability

January 10, 2020 No Comments

Scottsdale, AZ USA, January 10, 2020 Today XOOM announced a major milestone, the release of the XOOM version 1.0.0 GA. General availability follows the steady increase in numerous essential tools and features in support of simplifying reactive, event-driven, microservices architectures. “Our growing team of advanced developers has focused on the tools that are commonly used

Meet our Trainers – Tomasz

January 8, 2020 No Comments

We love our handpicked trainers! Here is an opportunity for you to get to know Tomasz Jaskula, our trainer for French and Polish IDDD Workshops. Tomasz Jaskula Tomasz, you’ve known Vaughn for many years. How did you meet? I had the pleasure of meeting Vaughn in person in 2013 during one of the first IDDD

Reactive Amsterdam

December 31, 2019 No Comments

I had the pleasure of meeting a wonderful group of individuals in Amsterdam who participated in the Reactive Domain-Driven Design with the XOOM/PLATFORM day. Wow! That’s a mouthfull! Some of the XOOM contributors and the Kalele team were able to carve out some time in everyone’s busy schedule to connect in the wonderful city of

Kalele Releases Developer Support Program

October 7, 2019 No Comments

Carefree, AZ USA, October 7, 2019 Today Kalele released its developer support program for the XOOM/PLATFORM. There is a sliding scale of options that address the specific needs of individual developers and teams. Vaughn Vernon, Founder and Chief Architect of the XOOM/PLATFORM, expressed our vision: “We are deeply aware of and concerned for the need

Author: Nicole Andrade