If I replace Vaughn Vernon with @kentbeck.com , I get a set of very different suggestions, also valid and insightful.

I suspect I'm only scratching the surface here! Any idea of which other authors could provide a different valid and interesting point of view?

Thanks Thierry!

If a speaker is really interested in conveying meaning, and they can avail slides to support their point, they will do well to *write the intent of the slide on the slide*. Really, those who made an effort to be in the room for you are most likely NOT INTERESTED IN PRETTY PICTURES!

And the above is just about the physics of conveying meaning through spoken words. What if my preferred learning style is through written information instead of through spoken words? What if my mind is still processing your previous sentence and I'm unable to hear what you are saying right now?

What if I'm in the audience and someone near me sneezes while you say a word? What if there's noise? What if your language is not my native language? What if your accent is unfamiliar to me? What if I have a hearing disability?

Do you really think that you can speak with the clarity and articulation of an actor? And if you do, are you sure that the amplification carries your voice clearly? In every corner of the room?

Or someone who practices calligraphy!

Out of 8 files, 5 are gradle stuff, This is gross! It looks like the sole purpose of this project is to run gradle in it.

What alternatives are there? (Not Maven!) Investigating Bazel, but it's so poorly documented; there's no quickstart for Java that includes JUnit 5

Let's discuss how Java is perhaps the most widely used language in business and it does not have a "decimal" type to represent money