Smarter Architecture: Orchestrating Workflows & AI-Driven Modernisation

For our November meet-up, we will be welcoming Christopher Daly & Samson Nwizugbe

Samson Nwizugbe - Process Managers, Not Process-Aware Aggregates: Coordinating Long-Running Workflows in DDD with Wolverine

When a workflow spans several aggregates, the logic tends to end up in one of two bad places. Either it sits in a god-class orchestrator that knows too much about everything downstream, or it leaks into the aggregates themselves until they're tracking steps, waiting on other aggregates and making decisions that have nothing to do with their own invariants.

This talk walks through using Wolverine's Saga support as a dedicated process manager. It reacts to domain events, tracks where the workflow has got to and sends the next command, so your aggregates stay focused on their own rules. We'll look at keeping the process manager thin (routing and state, not business rules), handling timeouts, retries and out-of-order messages, and how to tell when an aggregate is becoming process-aware. You'll leave with a clear line between coordination and domain logic, plus a pattern you can use on your next cross-aggregate workflow.

Christopher Daly - The Architectural Harness

Most teams know their architecture has problems. Few can quantify what's worth changing based on the effort and value.

Chris works with enterprise organisations to build a context bank for understanding disparate architectures and providing succinct context to agentic workflows to synthesise data and implement modernisation.

A practical approach to using AI to keep your architecture honest.

Food

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Schedule

Doors open from 18:00

Pizza at 18:20

Intro and welcome 18:40

First Speaker Starts 19:00

Break 19:45

Second Speaker Starts 20:00

Close ~21:00 (Don't feel bad if you have to leave early for a train/bus/lift home - no one will be offended)

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Travel

Train - James Street station is a 2-minute walk from the Lab. Liverpool Lime Street is approx 15-20 minutes walking distance.

Driving - Underground parking available.

Bicycle - Cycle rack available.

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