Vlad (Vladik) Khononov is a software engineer with over 20 years of industry expe‐ rience, during which he has worked for companies large and small in roles ranging from webmaster to chief architect. Vlad maintains an active media career as a public speaker, blogger, and author. He travels the world consulting and talking about domain-driven design, microservices, and software architecture in general. Vlad helps companies make sense of their business domains, untangle legacy systems, and tackle complex architectural challenges. He lives in Northern Israel with his wife and an almost-reasonable number of cats.