--- title: Tensions when Designing Evolvable Bounded Contexts description: An exploration of the fundamental tensions in designing evolvable Bounded Contexts (BCs) in Domain-Driven Design. Key trade-offs include: small BCs require... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/tensions-when-designing-evolvable-bounded-contexts-j3ixo3man twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Tensions when Designing Evolvable Bounded Contexts | daily.dev og:description: An exploration of the fundamental tensions in designing evolvable Bounded Contexts (BCs) in Domain-Driven Design. Key trade-offs include: small BCs require... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/tensions-when-designing-evolvable-bounded-contexts-j3ixo3man og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/j3ixO3mAn.png og:image:alt: Tensions when Designing Evolvable Bounded Contexts 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. # Tensions when Designing Evolvable Bounded Contexts **[Mathias Verraes](https://daily.dev/sources/verraes)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An exploration of the fundamental tensions in designing evolvable Bounded Contexts (BCs) in Domain-Driven Design. Key trade-offs include: small BCs require larger interfaces while small interfaces imply larger BCs; interfaces become less evolvable as they integrate more BCs; producers prefer generic shared interfaces while consumers prefer specialized ones. The resolution lies in finding semi-specialized interfaces shared among consumers with similar needs, guided by heuristics rather than hard rules. Team coordination costs are also a key factor since BCs exist partly to reduce the need for shared understanding across teams. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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