Step-by-step guides for applying Harmonic Design frameworks in practice.
Project plans are built from the wrong material. The team collects user stories, estimates each one, stacks them into sprints, and calls it a schedule. User stories are units of value — they describe what the customer gets. They do not describe units of work. The actual work — the components, the integrations, the infrastructure, … Read more
Boundary-Driven Testing begins with a single observation: testing difficulty is not a testing problem. When a unit test requires a running database, the test is not broken. When a change to a business rule breaks seventeen tests that have nothing to do with that rule, the test suite is not fragile. When a component cannot … Read more
Experience-Based Decomposition begins with the same premise as VBD: components should be organized around how they change. Most frontend patterns organize by size or technical role. Atomic Design gives you atoms, molecules, organisms, templates, and pages — a clear taxonomy built on composition. It solves a real problem: it stops component libraries from becoming an … Read more
Volatility-Based Decomposition begins with a simple premise: systems should be organized around how they change. Most architectural patterns organize code by technical role. Controllers live in one place, services in another, repositories somewhere else. This produces a clear taxonomy, but it does not explain how change propagates through the system. When business rules evolve, workflows … Read more