Domain-Driven Design
Domain-Driven Design by Eric Evansby Eric Evans
Shares rank 8 of 21 software engineering books by recommenders
People recommend it for its good, useful advice on domain-driven design. The most common caveat is that the advice feels dated.
People recommend it for its good, useful advice on domain-driven design. The most common caveat is that the advice feels dated.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Good, useful advice
“Books that come into my mind that might be useful to you”
Comment from 4 Aug 2026 in “Learning-Rust.Github.io: Rust Programming Language Tutorials for Everyone” “The advice is good, but dated.”
Comment from 11 Jun 2026 in “Why AI hasn't replaced software engineers, and won't”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Advice seems dated
“The advice is good, but dated.”
Comment from 11 Jun 2026 in “Why AI hasn't replaced software engineers, and won't”
Other software engineering books people recommend
The four most recommended other software engineering books, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mythical Man-Monthby Fred Brooks | 56 | 3 | 95% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Designing Data-Intensive Applicationsby Martin Kleppmann | 37 | 1 | 97% | 12 | — | Approved |
| A Philosophy of Software Designby John Ousterhout | 28 | 1 | 97% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Code Completeby Steve McConnell | 14 | 0 | 100% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Domain-Driven Designby Eric EvansThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Books that come into my mind that might be useful to you”
“Reading the DDD book around the same time”
“Evans' Domain-Driven Design does a good job of representing classic object-oriented design”
“The advice is good, but dated.”
“DDD is a stupid idea, skip it and do yourself a favour.”
“I've worked through Domain-Driven Design Distilled, Domain-Driven Design”
“Aside from its amazing content, this book has some of the best typesetting”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.