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Scott Bellware

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Conference speaker and long-time TDD/BDD practitioner. Self-describes as co-founder of the Eventide project and MessageDB, with a background in software testing, design, UX, architecture and management. Gave conference talks on DDD as early as 2002 and was a self-described DDD zealot before moving on; now publicly opposes the DDD subculture as a celebrity-geek clique while endorsing its design fundamentals. Gave a 2018 talk at Explore DDD Conf with Nathan Ladd critiquing mistakes in the tactical patterns. Works with Nathan on the Neuron product for a Silicon Valley venture-capital law firm. Began working with Nathan Ladd in 2015; the pair's dissatisfaction with minitest and RSpec produced Test Bench. At wroclove.rb 2023 co-panelist on the Event-Driven Rails panel alongside Nathan Ladd and Paweł Pacana.

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co-founder, Eventide project
person Scott Bellware
attended
wroclove.rb 2023 event
Present in the audience; contributed Q&A clarifications; also gave 'Doctrine of Useful Objects' at the same event.
person Scott Bellware
attended
Eventide Summit 2023 event
Organized and attended Eventide's first in-person summit in British Columbia in early 2023.
person Scott Bellware
authored
Doctrine of Useful Objects Separate Fact from Fiction in OOD talk
Bellware delivered this talk at wroclove.rb 2023.
person Scott Bellware
authored
Event-Driven Rails Discussion Panel talk
Panelist representing Eventide.
role: panelist
person Scott Bellware
has_skill
Event Sourcing concept
Co-founder of Eventide and MessageDB, long-time event-sourcing practitioner.
level: expert
person Scott Bellware
recommends
Refactoring (book) resource
Recommends Fowler's book to anyone who uses the word 'refactoring', during the Test Bench Q&A.
person Scott Bellware
recommends
Domain-Driven Design concept
Endorses the essence/fundamentals of DDD but not its subculture and elaborate tactical patterns.
person Scott Bellware
related_to
Celebrity Geek Subjugation concept
Scott articulated this critique on the panel.
person Nathan Ladd
related_to
Scott Bellware person
Working together since 2015; Bellware mentored Ladd on TDD and design principles.
since: 2015
person Scott Bellware
works_at
Brightworks company
Bellware runs Brightworks, which builds Neuron and stewards Eventide.
person Scott Bellware
works_on
TestBench tool
Collaborated on original design in 2016, wrote Test Bench V1 documentation.
role: collaborator, documentation
person Scott Bellware
works_on
Eventide project
Describes himself as co-founder of Eventide and actively leads its development.
role: co-founder
person Scott Bellware
works_on
MessageDB tool
Co-founder of MessageDB alongside Nathan Ladd.
role: co-founder
person Scott Bellware
works_on
Neuron project
The Brightworks team including Bellware builds Neuron on top of Eventide for a venture-capital law firm.

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