The issue with DDD is not in the philosophical concept. In that he is spot on. Things are in hierarchies, everything is described by a combination of two or more patterns that are more fundamental than those below.
The problem is always in people thinking it is an easy magic solution. DDD is not easy. If it were it wouldn’t do anything.
It is in fact very challenging to come up with an ubiquitous language, and to have it evolve as our own understanding evolves.
Organizations looking to use it to make things easier, are doomed to fail. What it can help with is making things good and right and even beautiful in how a problem is solved.
The problem is always in people thinking it is an easy magic solution. DDD is not easy. If it were it wouldn’t do anything.
It is in fact very challenging to come up with an ubiquitous language, and to have it evolve as our own understanding evolves.
Organizations looking to use it to make things easier, are doomed to fail. What it can help with is making things good and right and even beautiful in how a problem is solved.