Rich Domain Models: Start with What Is, Not What Happens

A lot of software is more difficult to build and maintain than it needs to be. Not because the business itself is inherently complex. Not because the requirements keep changing. But because the software is usually structured around the wrong things: workflows, events, commands, technical layers, frameworks, or current implementation details. When that happens, the business logic becomes scattered, hard to reason about, and expensive to evolve. The fix is not more patterns, more ceremonies, o