Oh Dear is the all-in-one monitoring tool for your entire website. We monitor uptime, SSL certificates, broken links, scheduled tasks and more. You'll get a notifications for us when something's wrong. All that paired with a developer friendly API and kick-ass documentation. O, and you'll also be able to create a public status page under a minute. Start monitoring using our free trial now.

On Being Explicit

Link – Nov 10th 2016

Mathias Verraes, one of the organizers of DDD Europe, recently gave a talk at DDD London on how to name things to both improve your code and to improve communication with the business.

“Make the implicit explicit” must be one of the most valuable advices I ever got about software modelling and design. Gather around for some tales from the trenches: stories from software projects where identifying a missing concept, and bringing it front and centre, turned the model inside out. Our tools: metaphors, pedantry, type systems, the age old heuristic of “Follow the money”, visual models, and a healthy obsession with language.

https://skillsmatter.com/skillscasts/8806-ddd-meetup

Share Post LinkedIn

I write about Laravel, PHP, AI and building better software.

Every two weeks, I share practical tips, tutorials, and behind-the-scenes insights from maintaining 300+ open source packages. Join thousands of developers who read along.

No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. You can also follow me on X.

Found something interesting to share?

The community section is a place where developers share links to articles, tutorials and videos. Submit a link and help fellow developers discover great content. As a thank you, you'll receive a coupon for a discount on Spatie products.