The destruction of interpersonal relationships

The cruelty of emotional neglect

In this post I describe how my introduction into a certain family ultimately led to the beginning of the end, slowly eroding the fundamentals currently defining the social dynamics within this family.

The demise of a family

Many ideas surrounding suicide tend to shift the blame towards the person deciding to get rid of their life.  
In this post I introduce a paradox surrounding those supporting the suicidal person, also potentially being the cause of these suicidal ideations in the first place.

Who is to blame for suicide?

I'd argue that those fostering a belief to exist as totally rational beings for the sole reason they deny the existence of emotions, might in fact be the most emotional beings around. This is what I'd call 'the paradox of the rational mind'.

The paradox of the rational mind

With the 'zombification of the mentally ill' I refer to a process where those dealing with mental health issues are muted due an underlying and unconscious fear one will eventually have to face their own trauma.

Zombification of the mentally ill

How complex software impacts your cognitive abilities

How code quality positively impacts the accuracy of estimates

There are problems in the software industry that have been solved a hundred-thousand times, and will be solved a hundred-thousand more. Rather than re-inventing solutions to these common problems we should be engaging in a discussion about meta-development practices instead.

Boring Complexity

Complex systems and cognitive strain

Looking at code through the 'focal points' of the component might clarify a mismatch between the expected behaviour and that what is actually implemented. Organizing code accordingly to these focal points might provide a huge cognitive benefit to maintainers.

Using focal points to describe code behaviour

The aggregate is a well understood concept within DDD practices. The addition of event sourcing to the mix might however complicate things, and the once pretty domain is now in shambles. In this post I'll cover the addition of ES, while keeping the awesomeness of DDD in place.

Creating event sourced aggregates with C#

To make a system more maintainable its temporal characteristics should mimic the way humans perceive the passing of time. Coherence should bind the past and the future through the present, whereas continuity should explain the present by the past.

The importance of time and coherence in event sourced systems

Using aggregates in actor systems

Logging statements have no place in the domain. There are multiple better alternatives you should use instead!

How to effectively observe the runtime behaviour of your core domain

I hypothesize that a codebase which can be navigated by logical rules provides greater accessibility than one that must be navigated through memorization. This is one of the reasons why small teams could benefit from a layered architecture.

The benefits of constraints in a layered architecture

This post shows an example about how object capabilities can be used in a CRUD application to defer authorization to individual models.

Using the object capability security model in C# CRUD applications

This post attempts to explain event sourcing through examples showing what it is and what it is not, while highlighting some of the strengths and reasons for using it.