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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 21/09/2026

"As a user, I want inaccurate or misleading summaries generated by your AI tool" 🫠

Miro stating that their AI summaries are inaccurate or misleading

Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 22/04/2026

“How do we design our software system so that our teams can be autonomous?” is a very common question I receive during training or consulting. In this episode of Satisfying Software, I dig a bit deeper into team organisation with @joaorosa.bsky.social. [1/2]

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 21/04/2026

This year is the 10th edition of @dddeu.bsky.social, and I wanted to share my personal journey during the next couple of weeks. This conference and the people organising it (spoiler alert, my colleagues) have been an important in my professional career for the past 10 years. [1/n]

Gien is standing with two balloons in her hands in front of the Elisabeth hall in Antwerp, the balloons are a 1 and a 0

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 08/04/2026

In this episode of Satisfying Software, I had the pleasure to talk to @hanneslowette.net on everything “learning and development”. Hannes has a lot of experience in creating a knowledge sharing culture within a company as Head of L&D at Axxes. [1/2]

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 01/04/2026

In the second episode of this season of Satisfying Software, I talk with @kenny.weave-it.org on domains, subdomains, bounded contexts. What are they, what is the difference between them en when do we need which one? (We also talk about naming things) [1/2]

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 26/03/2026

Satisfying software is back with a second season! What do your users need? In the first episode of this season, I am talking to @suksr.bsky.social on software architecture, Wardley Mapping, understanding user needs and how they help to deliver real business value.

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 06/11/2025

“Anarchy doesn’t mean you can’t organise, but it should be done voluntary, functional, temporal and small”

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 06/11/2025

At @newcrafts.bsky.social watching @andrewhl.bsky.social talk about anarchy and how we can organise ourselves differently in our company instead of the hierarchy we have gotten so used to.

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 17/10/2025

Only 20 days left until @newcrafts.bsky.social. I will be talking about all things decision. :-D At the end of my talk you will understand a decision better, have some extra vocabulary to use and you know how I applied decision-making to software design. I hope to see you there! ncrafts.io

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 15/10/2025

Me and @javujavichi.bsky.social “together” on stage. My favourite moment of #gsas25 captured here. First time I got quoted in a talk, achievement unlocked. ❤️

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 06/10/2025

I am giving a talk and doing a workshop at #gsas25 (gsas.io) It is not too late to get your ticket! 13-15 October 2025 in Barcelona. Come find me :)

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 15/05/2025

The way we think and the way we design our software systems isn't aligned. In order to make that alignment better, we need to understand our thinking, and the system we are in. In this episode, I spoke with @mentrix.bsky.social on decisions, belief systems versus truth, and non-linear thinking.

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 08/05/2025

We often mock architects being in an ivory tower, making all the decisions, not listening to the developers, and not caring if they made the right architectural choices. What most of us failed to notice was that nobody was offering them a different process to make architectural decisions. [1/3]

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 07/05/2025

Currently working on my new workshop called "Leadership in Software Design". The workshop is going to be great: we will talk about leadership and software design. Other topics we will touch are decisions, people and culture.

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 30/04/2025

What does it mean to be good at communicating? I have tried (and failed) to improve my communication in general because being to communicate your solutions is as important as the solutions. In this episode of Satisfying Software, I spoke with @tekiegirl.bsky.social on the communicating architecture.

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 23/04/2025

Event-Driven systems come with challenges: How do we version our events? Can we only publish events in an Event-Driven Architecture? How do we test all of this? These are a few of the questions I discussed with @noctovis.bsky.social in our latest episode of Satisfying Software!

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 16/04/2025

Which programming language works really well with Tactical Patterns? When should be involve our software developers? How to deal with something that is over or under modeled? In our second episode of Satisfying Software, I spoke with @tcoopman.bsky.social on the Tactical Patterns of DDD.

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 09/04/2025

Listen to Satisfying Software on Spotify (tinyurl.com/3m9xjjyu), Apple Podcasts (tinyurl.com/33e2ww9h), or via our Aardling YouTube channel (tinyurl.com/3xwaas37). Sponsored by @aardlingeu.bsky.social

Satisfying Software podcast, Residues, a new way to design your software systems with Barry O'Reilly episode

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 09/04/2025

Software design is a discipline of uncertainty. We took principles and tools from disciplines of certainty into a discipline of uncertainty and we are surprised when hell breaks lose. On our 1ep of Satisfying Software, I spoke to Barry O’Reilly on finding a better way to architect software system.

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 08/04/2025

The fun thing about working for @aardlingeu.bsky.social is that I have the liberty to do things that help the community. I am very excited to share this new podcast I and my brilliant colleagues Theo and Hilde have been working on called Satisfying Software. First episode will be released soon!

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 05/02/2025

Excellent point by @mentrix.bsky.social As a consultant, the first thing I often have to do is gently trying to convince people they are making me solve the wrong problem.

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Gien Verschatse @gienverschatse.com · 30/05/2024

Really enjoyed @hillelwayne.com talk at #dddeu this year. Doing “good/correct” research is very hard and I think it’s important we start realising that.

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