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Chris Simon
@chrissimon.au
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Empowering technology teams to drive business success. On an allyship journey | Speaker | Founder | Non-executive Director Created @contextive.tech, co-founded https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/domain-driven-design-australia/. Also@[email protected]
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Chris Simon @chrissimon.au · 9d
Have been looking forward to this talk coming out - had so much fun playing with the loopy causal loop diagrams, check it out 😀

Special thanks to @paulrayner.bsky.social for feedback and advice the night before this one! @dddeu.bsky.social #systemsthinking
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Domain-Driven Design Europe @dddeu.bsky.social · 10d
In this talk Chris Simon will demonstrate the building of a range of causal feedback loops to visualise the underlying causes of the problems. With such visualisations we can advocate for the practices of technical excellence:
🎬 buff.ly/HADjm2P
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Analysis, Design and Architecture Conference @adaconf.org · 10d
At ADAConf 2025, Andrea Magnorsky is running a pre-conference workshop on Building a Decentralised Architecture Practice.

Learn to diagnose your org, spot patterns, and spread architectural thinking beyond silos.

📅 12–13 Nov | Melbourne
🎟️ Tickets: adaconf.org

#ADAConf #SoftwareArchitecture
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Analysis, Design and Architecture Conference @adaconf.org · 22d
Speaker Spotlight: Susan Brander

What do you do when your startup’s data model is duct-taped together, but you still have to ship? At ADAConf 2025, Susan shares how Kaleida pulled off a zero-downtime pivot to a One Table design, mid-flight.

Nov 14 | Melbourne
Get tix now: adaconf.org
A conference speaker graphic for ADAConf 2025. On the left, the ADAConf logo and bold text: “Changing the engine mid-flight: A startup data pivot.” Below, the speaker’s name: “Susan Brander.” On the right, Susan Brander smiles at the camera, wearing a white t-shirt with a geometric design and necklace. The background is splashed with pastel purple, pink, and blue colors. A banner across the top reads “2025 ADAConf Speaker.”
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Chris Simon @chrissimon.au · Sep 7
Thanks for sharing!
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Analysis, Design and Architecture Conference @adaconf.org · Sep 1
We’re excited to welcome Contextive as a Gold Sponsor for ADAConf 2025!

Contextive supports our community and helps teams get on the same page, with business-specific glossaries that are embedded directly where work gets done.

Learn about ADAConf sponsorship here: adaconf.org/sponsors/
"Graphic announcing Contextive as a Gold Sponsor of ADAConf 2025. The ADAConf logo appears in the top left, with the date and venue '14 Nov 2025, Rydges Melbourne' in the top right. The text reads 'WELCOME Contextive Gold Sponsor' with the Contextive logo in the center. The bottom features a colorful splash of paint design.
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Jacqui Read @tekiegirl.bsky.social · Sep 1
It's only a few days until we welcome @chrissimon.au
to #DDDLondon online on Sept 4th. All attendees will receive a code to get 20% off Chris' or my workshop (and conference tickets) at @gotocon.com #Copenhagen: dddlondon.com/events/imagi...

#sofware #softwareDevelopment #softwareArchitecture
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Trond Hjorteland @trond.hjorteland.com · Aug 31
Highly recommend spending half an hour on this talk by @chrissimon.au on the bulshit that LLMs produce. Yup.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bF_... #AI #LLM #ChatGPT
Programmable 2025: AI is a Hype-Fuelled Dumpster Fire - Chris Simon
YouTube video by Banks Productions
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Chris Simon @chrissimon.au · Aug 28
Thanks for sharing!
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Chris Simon @chrissimon.au · Aug 27
Thanks for sharing!
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Analysis, Design and Architecture Conference @adaconf.org · Aug 18
The #ADAConf 2025 speaker lineup is here!

Diana Montalion
Linda McIver
Andrea Magnorsky
Dan Prager
Fadila Fidina
Hannah Browne
Martin Chesbrough
Matt Goldman
Matthew Gillard
Paul Rayner
Rahul Trikha
Susan Brander

Join us on 14 Nov 2025. Tickets on sale now: adaconf.org
Graphic for ADAConf 2025 featuring the text “Meet the ADAConf 2025 Speakers” with the ADAConf logo in the top left. The design includes colourful splashes at the bottom and hexagonal frames displaying headshots of twelve speakers in two rows.
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Chris Simon @chrissimon.au · Aug 6
Nope www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bF_...
Programmable 2025: AI is a Hype-Fuelled Dumpster Fire - Chris Simon
YouTube video by Banks Productions
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Chris Simon @chrissimon.au · Jun 17
Loved @codefrenzy.bsky.social 's keynote at #yowtls25 about the dualities of AI in software engineering! For everything we gain in adopting AI, what are we giving up? Learning? Intuition? Quality? Identity?
Smoothing out the terrain: when the terrain is too smooth, will we even notice what we're stepping over?
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Analysis, Design and Architecture Conference @adaconf.org · Jun 4
Meet our keynote speakers for ADAConf 2025: Diana Montalion and Dr Linda McIver!

Both are pioneers in their fields: Diana in systems thinking and architecture; Linda in data and computer science education.

Get early bird tix now and join us on 14 Nov: adaconf.org
Promotional graphic for ADAConf 2025 featuring the keynote speakers. On the left is a photo of Dr Linda McIver with text: "Dr Linda McIver, Executive Director, Australian Data Science Education Institute." On the right is a photo of Diana Montalion with text: "Diana Montalion, Founder & Principal, Mentrix Group." The header reads "2025 Keynote Speakers" on a blue banner, and the ADAConf logo appears in the top left corner. The background has a light splash of pastel colors.
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Domain-Driven Design Europe @dddeu.bsky.social · May 21
⏳ It is time to order your tickets for Strategic Domain Driven Design, a domain-focused, collaborative learning process. Come and collaborate with us to find out more about Strategic DDD: buff.ly/t2pqpd3
We start on June 10, 2025!
Strategic Domain-Driven Design
Chris Simon — One of the biggest challenges of DDD, and architecture in general, is breaking a large system down into loosely-coupled subsystems.…
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Contextive @contextive.tech · May 21
From a performance perspective, one user has > 120,000 terms synchronised from a data governance platform spread out over 12 glossary files. As of v1.17.0, Contextive works almost instantly for autocomplete and hover, even with such large datasets.
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Contextive @contextive.tech · May 21
e.g., if your term is Père, but you use `pere` in the code, Contextive will still show you the definition.
Code in the background - a public class Pere - with a Contextive hover panel showing the word Père and definition "Homme qui a des enfants" and usage example "Son père est gentil et généreux".
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Contextive @contextive.tech · May 21
There is dedicated support for the German umlaut and eszett. e.g. ö will match with ö, o or oe. ß will match with ß or ss.
Code showing a class called Strasse, with the Contextive hover panel showing the term "Straße" with definition "Relativ breiter, geteerter Weg für Autos usw" and usage example "In welcher Straße wohnt ihr?" Code with class Ausloeser with Contextive hover panel showing term "Auslöser", definition "Vorgang, der einen anderen bewirkt" and usage example "Der Auslöser bewirkt den Beginn des nächsten Geschäftsprozesses"
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Contextive @contextive.tech · May 21
Contextive v1.17.0 is out now with a focus on better internationalisation and much better performance, especially with very large glossaries - release notes here: docs.contextive.tech/community/ch...

Details in thread... #domaindrivendesign #ubiquitouslanguage
Change Log
Get on the same page.
docs.contextive.tech
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Analysis, Design and Architecture Conference @adaconf.org · May 12
Another #ThrowbackTuesday!

Ross MacIntyre’s ADAConf 2024 talk gets into the roots of sociotechnical thinking. Post-war coal mines? Conway’s Law? Team Topologies?

📺 If it sounds intriguing, give it a watch: youtu.be/Kwrb7rWNtI0
📣And our CfS closes 30 June: sessionize.com/analysis-des...

#ADAConf
Open Socio-Technical Systems - Human-Centred Architectures - Ross MacIntyre
The phrase social-technical is having a renaissance of late. It's great have language for how technology and people work together. Did you know there is a lo...
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Domain-Driven Design Europe @dddeu.bsky.social · Apr 11
DDD, TDD, living documentation, ... work, but are rarely used. Chris Simon will show how you can use Systems Thinking for technical excellence, at DDD Europe 2025:
DDD Europe 2025 - Program
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Domain-Driven Design Europe @dddeu.bsky.social · Mar 19
While we are working on the schedule ...
We have already added most of our talks, labs and speakers: 2025.dddeurope.com/program/
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Contextive @contextive.tech · Mar 20
Contextive v1.15.0 is out! A big change to how we manage glossary files - you can now split your terms into multiple glossaries and put them in the folder hierarchy near the files they are relevant for - check out docs.contextive.tech/ide/guides/s... for details!
Setting up Glossaries
How to setup glossary files so they're useful in the right files
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Factor House @factorhouse.io · Mar 19
Loved the keynote from @chrissimon.au at #Programmable2025 intriguing titled "AI is a hype-fuelled dumpster fire that will burn down the planet and get you thrown in gaol" discussing #AIethics, #AIbias, and #AIrisks
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Nadinda @nadinda.bsky.social · Mar 17
Love this talk about AI ethics and risks by @chrissimon.au at Programmable.

Where do the risks of
- factually incorrect outputs
- embedded bias
- psycho-social harms
sit in your risk matrix?

Have you started this kind of conversation yourself?
Chris at Programmable stage
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