Dear Architects podcast
Luca Mezzalira
Dear Architects is where software architecture meets the real world.
Hosted by Luca Mezzalira, the voice behind Dear Architects, this podcast cuts through the theory to explore how architects actually work.
Each episode features conversations with practitioners who are shaping how we think about distributed systems, team topologies, and the evolving role of the architect. Whether you're designing microservices, leading technical strategy, or figuring out how to align engineering with business goals, you'll find practical insights you can apply immediately.
Hosted by Luca Mezzalira, the voice behind Dear Architects, this podcast cuts through the theory to explore how architects actually work.
Each episode features conversations with practitioners who are shaping how we think about distributed systems, team topologies, and the evolving role of the architect. Whether you're designing microservices, leading technical strategy, or figuring out how to align engineering with business goals, you'll find practical insights you can apply immediately.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Mar 26, 2026 • 1h 7min
Architecture for flow with Susanne Kaiser
Susanne Kaiser, author of Architecture for Flow and independent technology consultant, helps organisations move from friction to flow. She discusses aligning Wardley Mapping, Domain-Driven Design and Team Topologies. Short, punchy conversations cover fast flow vs friction, Conway's Law shaping systems, event storming as a living tool, team types and interactions, and how AI can amplify existing bottlenecks.
19 snips
Mar 3, 2026 • 1h 3min
Why AI is the Third Coming of Domain-Driven Design
Vlad Kononov, software architect and author known for practical DDD and modularity, discusses why coupling is unavoidable and how to design it deliberately. He explains distributed monolith pitfalls, using change rate to set boundaries, and why strategic DDD matters for large systems. He argues AI magnifies the need for precise ubiquitous language and shows how DDD helps teach LLMs to generate better domain models.
Feb 17, 2026 • 1h 10min
Architecture is BROKEN (It’s not the code but the communication)
Jacqui Read, author and trainer on software design and communication, brings practical frameworks and workshops to bridge tech and business. She explores iterative architecture, the risks of spec-driven waterfall returns with AI, the ACE model for alignment, living documentation and diagrams-as-code, and how to make technical work speak in business terms.
