--- title: Loosely Coupled: Is Software Design Still Relevant? description: A podcast episode featuring Martin Fowler, Xin Yao, Andrew Harmel-Law, and Mathias Verraes discussing whether software design remains relevant in today's... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/loosely-coupled-is-software-design-still-relevant--wxq5mf7ib twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Loosely Coupled: Is Software Design Still Relevant? | daily.dev og:description: A podcast episode featuring Martin Fowler, Xin Yao, Andrew Harmel-Law, and Mathias Verraes discussing whether software design remains relevant in today's... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/loosely-coupled-is-software-design-still-relevant--wxq5mf7ib og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/wXQ5Mf7Ib.png og:image:alt: Loosely Coupled: Is Software Design Still Relevant? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Loosely Coupled: Is Software Design Still Relevant? **[Mathias Verraes](https://daily.dev/sources/verraes)** · 1 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A podcast episode featuring Martin Fowler, Xin Yao, Andrew Harmel-Law, and Mathias Verraes discussing whether software design remains relevant in today's development landscape. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Fragments: July 6](https://daily.dev/posts/fragments-july-6-0q4ip6gyp) · Martin Fowler · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [On Rails — Joanna Wang: Code Is Cheap Now; Developers Still Valuable](https://daily.dev/posts/on-rails-joanna-wang-code-is-cheap-now-developers-still-valuable-jnpaumvex) · Rails · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/loosely-coupled-is-software-design-still-relevant--wxq5mf7ib) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Loosely Coupled: Is Software Design Still Relevant?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/loosely-coupled-is-software-design-still-relevant--wxq5mf7ib","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/loosely-coupled-is-software-design-still-relevant--wxq5mf7ib"},"datePublished":"2026-07-28T17:58:03.743Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T07:28:30.979Z","description":"A podcast episode featuring Martin Fowler, Xin Yao, Andrew Harmel-Law, and Mathias Verraes discussing whether software design remains relevant in today's...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--foaA6JGU--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2004","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--foaA6JGU--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2004","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Mathias Verraes","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Mathias Verraes","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--EgKQUiOd--/f_auto,q_auto/v1781695533/logos/verraes?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/verraes"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/loosely-coupled-is-software-design-still-relevant--wxq5mf7ib","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"general-programming,architecture","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mathias Verraes","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/verraes"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Loosely Coupled: Is Software Design Still Relevant?"}]} ```