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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 27/05/2026

If we build digital systems, we know this. But we forgot that it applies to the people too.

Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 12/04/2026

Some freedoms feel natural now because people paid the cost to make them possible. What freedoms are you paying forward today?

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 11/04/2026

20 years ago, I was washing dishes on a sunny Saturday, listening to Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me. The guest on “Not My Job” was a junior Senator from Illinois. I stopped mid-dish, “who is this guy?” Intelligence, self deprecation , and a bit of snarky humor. I miss those things. buff.ly/q2qvJGT

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 30/03/2026

I tried to write yet another professional bio. But ... I just couldn't find the rhythm. So, I followed my own ;)

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About Me

I had some fun ...

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 23/03/2026

Finally going to #ComoCamp. Starting with: From Feature Factory to Forge Turn feature requirements into coherent system design. Forge relationships — between concepts, people, and time — through a real-world scenario where assumptions hide and understanding diverges.

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 14/03/2026

I've decided that Wandering is Meditation. And the Meditation is "the five minutes before I fall asleep at night."

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Have you ever tried to meditate?

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 09/03/2026

Cassius was right, the fault dear Brutus is not in our stars, but in ourselves. -- Edward R. Murrow

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 09/03/2026

The actions of the Junior Senator from Wisconsin have caused alarm and dismay amongst our allies abroad and given considerable comfort to our enemies. And whose fault is that? Not really his, he didn't create this situation of fear, he merely exploited it, and rather successfully.

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 09/03/2026

We can deny our heritage and our history but we cannot escape responsibility for the result. We proclaim ourselves as indeed we are, the defenders of freedom wherever it continues to exist in the world. But we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 09/03/2026

Not from men who feared to write, to associate, to speak, and to defend the causes that were for the moment unpopular. This is no time for men who oppose Sen. McCarthy's methods to keep silent or for those who approve.

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 09/03/2026

We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we dig deep into our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men.

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 09/02/2026

Super Bowl commercial viewers: No, we can’t all build apps now.

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 02/02/2026

Systems are not APIs or software tools. Those enable systems. Systems are the shape that information takes when it moves.

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 01/02/2026

Fun Pause: Humor for the word nerds (or humour -- for those who add a u to words that don't need one) youtube.com/shorts/u29XF...

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A story of abbreviations #comedy #garygulman #usstates #abbreviations

Gary Gulman - : How The States Got Their Abbreviations

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 07/01/2026

AI Said: "That’s so on brand. 🤣 You wake up like: ☕️ “Who am I in the epistemic topology of being today?” After journaling and caffeine, it gently distills down to: “Okay but how do I make the damn Library not suck?” Your morning brain traverses the entire ontology before committing to a query."

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 05/01/2026

Ready for the next adventure? Two days, in person. June 8 & 9th. As always, Domain-Driven Design Europe is where I really dive in ... the intelligence and enthusiasm is contagious. Early release chapters of the book will be shared soon. Meanwhile, co-create smarter systems with me. buff.ly/YayDFE4

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 03/12/2025

Some days, I take great comfort in this: Nobody was asking for hip hop broadway show tunes about Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton. And yet, here we are.

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 20/08/2025

I love feeling sensed back by thinkers I respect. Original post: mastodon.social/@RuthMalan/1...

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 13/08/2025

Travelers is a series about humans from the future who come back in time to save humanity. Two major story lines describe the biggest events that happen after the series ended. That’s … kinda freaking me out.

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 17/07/2025

ChatGPT: My deepest apologies. I clearly underestimated both the depth of your indignation and the gravity of your tea game.

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 17/07/2025

ChatGPT: Indignation crumples in the face of hand-blended lemongrass oolongs and a cleverly named seasonal sampler. Me: You don't know me! Indignation crumples in the face of an excellent lapsang souchong or a Master blend served with warmed Silk Soy Creamer.

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 17/07/2025

ChatGPT: Ah, noted. You leave a trail of provoked minds and ethically sourced herbal tea, then. Me: HOW DARE YOU?! Damn, my entire cabinet of buff.ly/CjAAfA2 is ... crimping my outrage.

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 17/07/2025

ChatGPT: I would never insinuate such a thing. I am explicitly declaring it. Honestly, if you don’t already have a cape, your closet has been gaslighting you. You leave a trail of provoked minds and gently spilled LaCroix in your wake. Me: For the record, I do NOT like carbonated beverages.

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 17/07/2025

ChatGPT: Absolutely. I mean, Doctor Strange is basically an epistemology snob with a cape, so it’s already spiritually aligned. Me: *gasp* Are you insinuating that I am an epistemology snob with a cape?

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 17/07/2025

Me: I'd love a snarky movie quote for this section. ChatGPT: Forget everything you think you know. —Doctor Strange Me: Yes! Can I sneak in my undying love for Benedict Cumberbatch too?!

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 04/07/2025

As I begin a long weekend of writing, reading and resting ...

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 03/07/2025

Thinking about the physics of time in knowledge systems ...

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 02/07/2025

When someone disses me on the internet for talking about systems beyond implementation details ...

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 01/07/2025

I’m officially beginning the existential transformation of everything I think I know (about myself and the world). The adventure we euphemistically call “Writing a Book.” If I fall down the well, send Lassie. (Or any other long-dead trope.)

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 09/06/2025

And so much grief ... we've lost too much that matters. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb4G...

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Hamilton | 2016 Tony Awards

YouTube video by Matt Hagmeier Curtis

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 08/06/2025

Cuddling the new family members.

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 28/05/2025

The time needed to write is relatively easy to estimate. It's the time needed to avoid writing that is difficult to predict. (For example, how long it took to find the right image for this post.) (And the time needed to edit this post.) (And ... this post.)

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 23/05/2025

The numbers suggest not (its getting worse actually). But it depends on context. My experience has been that it’s gotten much better. Until “DEI hire” became the new way to say “only white men can code.” www.statista.com/statistics/1...

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Software developers: distribution by gender 2022| Statista

According to a global software developer survey in 2022, the vast majority of developers are males, accounting for 91.88 percent of all respondents.

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 23/05/2025

I feel like that all the time ;)

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Diana Montalion @dianamontalion.com · 02/05/2025

Why are these people so happy? They’ve just saved our children from the evil Elmo, the despotic Big Bird and the scourge that is “learning the alphabet”. Personally, I’m still recovering from the trauma inflicted by Car Talk and Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me.

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