Best practices, Hexagonal Architecture, DDD, SOLID. Everyone has their own religion, and teams increasingly resemble a theological council rather than engineers solving real problems.
In this talk I’ll show why belief in one “true” architecture is harmful, and how to replace it with a pragmatic approach based on validation, experimentation, and conscious trade-offs.
We’ll break these “dogmas” down into first principles using examples from the NestJS ecosystem: what they actually buy you, what they cost, when they fit, and when they’re just a stylish excuse for endless debates.
I’ll share my path from building credibility as a NestJS expert to becoming a pragmatic, people-first architect, one who doesn’t win by authority but helps teams align on shared decision criteria.
Because software development only pretends to be an exact science, and in practice business needs, people, psychology, and empathy matter just as much as technical arguments.