Of those 3 DDD books - which did you find the most valuable?

I was going to ask the same thing. I'm self taught but I've mainly gone the other way, more interested in learning about lower level things. Bang for buck I think I might have been better reading DDD type books.

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skydhash an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Not GP, but the most impactful one I read was Learning DDD from O’Reilly

https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Domain-Driven-Design-Alignin...

It presents the main concepts like a good lecture and a more modern take than the blue book. Then you can read the blue book.

But DDD should be taken as a philosophy rather than a pattern. Trying to follow it religiously tends to results in good software, but it’s very hard to nail the domain well. If refactoring is no longer an option, you will be stuck with a non optimal system. It’s more something you want to converge to in the long term rather than getting it right early. Always start with a simpler design.

	▲	bikelang 16 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Oh absolutely. It feels like a worthwhile architectural framing to understand and draw from as appropriate. To me I think - my end goal is being able to think more deeply about my domains and how to model them. Thanks for the recommendation!