Gregory Young coined the term “CQRS” (Command Query Responsibility Segregation) and it was instantly picked up by the community who have elaborated upon it ever since. Greg is an independent consultant and serial entrepreneur. He has 15+ years of varied experience in computer science from embedded operating systems to business systems and he brings a pragmatic and often times unusual viewpoint to discussions.
In his talk we looked at how we as developers tend to go back and forth between extremes often redoing huge amounts of work re-learning the same things over again. We also looked at how we very often go back and forth between two ideas as “golden hammers” when neither is capable of being one. The answer normally lies in understanding both concepts and environments they are good for and the tradeoffs they make.
