The Christopher Alexander Effect

In this episode, I introduce the stratified design lens, which talks about how and why we split things into layers.

25 Sep 202312min

In this episode, I introduce the time lens, and I posit a law about representing time in complex domains.

19 Sep 202310min

In this episode, I introduce the volatility lens, which seeks to help us write code that deals with a changing world.

11 Sep 202318min

In this episode, I introduce the architecture lens, its questions, and its goal of modeling architectural domains to manage complexity.

31 Jul 202324min

In this episode, I introduce the executable specification lens, its questions, and its goal of getting to runnable, testable code as quickly as possible.

24 Jul 202315min

In this episode, I introduce the composition lens, its questions, and its goal of figuring what's true when you perform multiple operations in a row.

10 Jul 202313min

In this episode, I introduce the operation lens, its questions, and its goal of capturing the use cases of your software.

3 Jul 202319min

In this episode, I introduce the data lens, its questions, and its goals of capturing relationships among data values in data.

26 Jun 202323min