[joneil]

That was a helpful read, thanks. My company (also in Melbourne!) is probably one stage of growth beneath this. We have “verticals” and “teams” but don’t really have the layer in the middle yet (“domains”).

As we’ve grown from only a few teams, to multiple verticals, we’ve tried to jump straight from unclear boundaries and implicit APIs to fully versioned services and packages.

Thinking about these as solutions to communication problems, where the problems differ in degree depending on the number of teams interacting with it, is a useful way of framing the discussions.

Hopefully it brings some clarity to discussions about when the light-and-loose methods are okay, and when the more heavy processes are justified.