# Domain-Driven Design by Eric Evans

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Domain-Driven Design by Eric Evans and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for its good, useful advice on domain-driven design. The most common caveat is that the advice feels dated.

## Why people recommend it

- Good, useful advice (2 comments): "Books that come into my mind that might be useful to you" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49170608)) "The advice is good, but dated." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48497994))

## What people warn about

- Advice seems dated (1 comments): "The advice is good, but dated." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48497994))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Mythical Man-Month by Fred Brooks](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mythical-man-month.md): 56 recommend
- [Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann](https://hackerapproved.com/p/designing-data-intensive-applications.md): 37 recommend
- [A Philosophy of Software Design by John Ousterhout](https://hackerapproved.com/p/a-philosophy-of-software-design.md): 28 recommend
- [Code Complete by Steve McConnell](https://hackerapproved.com/p/code-complete.md): 14 recommend
- [The Architecture of Open Source Applications by Amy Brown and Greg Wilson](https://hackerapproved.com/p/architecture-of-open-source-applications.md): 13 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0321125215?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780321125217) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Domain-Driven Design by Eric Evans", https://hackerapproved.com/p/domain-driven-design/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).