Diana Montalion - Podcast Details

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GOTO - The Brightest Minds in TechFacilitating Software Architecture • Andrew Harmel-Law & Sonya NatanzonThis interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club.http://gotopia.tech/bookclubRead the full transcription of the interview hereAndrew Harmel-Law - Technical Principal at Thoughtworks & Author of "Facilitating Software Architecture"Sonya Natanzon - Senior Director of Software Engineering at Guardant HealthRESOURCESAndrewhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewhl.bsky.socialhttps://twit.social/@ahlhttps://github.com/andrewharmellawhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewharmellawSonyahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/sonya-natanzon...2025-05-0241 min

GOTO - The Brightest Minds in TechSoftware Architecture, Design Thinking & Knowledge Flow • Diana Montalion & Kris JenkinsThis interview was recorded at GOTO Copenhagen 2024.https://gotocph.comDiana Montalion - Systems Architect, Mentrix Founder & Author of "Learning Systems Thinking"Kris Jenkins - Developer Advocate, Software Developer, Podcast Host, Conference Speaker & Geek RESOURCESDianahttps://bsky.app/profile/mentrix.bsky.socialhttps://hachyderm.io/@dianahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dianamontalionhttps://x.com/dianamontalionhttps://github.com/dianamontalionhttps://blog.montalion.comhttps://learningsystemsthinking.comKrishttps://bsky.app/profile/krisajenkins.bsky.socialhttps://w...2025-04-0443 min

The Engineering Room with Dave FarleyWhy Traditional Software Development Approaches Struggle In The Modern Day | Diana Montalion In The Engineering Room Ep. 36In this engaging conversation with Diana Montalion - former principal systems architect at The Economist and Wikimedia Foundation, and author of "Learning Systems Thinking" - we explore why traditional software development approaches are struggling to keep up with modern system complexity.Diana shares insights from her extensive experience building large-scale information systems, explaining how relationships between components often matter more than the components themselves. She discusses the critical shift from reductionist thinking to systems thinking, illustrated through practical examples from distributed systems and event-driven architectures.Diana and Dave explore what it really means to think...2025-02-231h 14

Tech, Bugs & Rock & Roll2.06 Tech, Bugs and Systems Thinking with Diana MontalionRendle's on an aeroplane so Dylan's going to be ramblecasting with architect, author and speaker Diana Montalion! Let's talk about systems thinking, explaining complicated things to simple people and simple things to complicated people, and that one time we randomly went to Castle Dracula. No, really.2025-02-131h 05

GOTO - The Brightest Minds in TechBuilding Multi-Tenant SaaS Architectures • Tod Golding & Bill TarrThis interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club.http://gotopia.tech/bookclubRead the full transcription of the interview hereTod Golding - Global SaaS Tech Lead at AWS & Author of "Building Multi-Tenant SaaS Architectures"Bill Tarr - SaaS Evangelist & AWS Solutions ArchitectRESOURCESTodhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/tod-golding-0ba35b2https://github.com/tod-goldingBillhttps://x.com/SaaSTarrhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-tarr-san-diegohttps://github.com/billtarr-awsDESCRIPTION 2025-01-2440 min

GOTO - The Brightest Minds in TechJVM Performance Engineering • Monica Beckwith & Kirk PepperdineThis interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club.http://gotopia.tech/bookclubRead the full transcription of the interview hereMonica Beckwith - Performance Engineer at Microsoft & Author of "JVM Performance Engineering"Kirk Pepperdine - Principal Java Engineer at MicrosoftRESOURCESMonicahttps://x.com/mon_beckhttps://github.com/mo-beckhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/monicabeckwithhttps://www.codekaram.comKirkhttps://x.com/javaperftuninghttps://github.com/kcpeppehttps://www.linkedin.com...2025-01-1751 min

Developer VoicesSoftware Systems Aren't Just Software (with Diana Montalion)If you want to build really large software systems well, you have to stop thinking of them as just software systems. Beyond a certain size, everything your software touches becomes part of the wider system. You’re part of the system, your users are part of the system, and every other employee & department & priority eventually forms part of that system. And that can make it incredibly difficult to make changes, or even to understand which changes will actually matter.That might be overwhelming, but there's hope. Understanding how systems work and how to improve them is something th...2025-01-161h 50

GOTO - The Brightest Minds in TechNavigating Complexity with Systems Thinking • Diana Montalion & Andrew Harmel-LawThis interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted.https://gotopia.techRead the full transcription of this interview hereDiana Montalion - Systems Architect, Mentrix Founder & Author of "Learning Systems Thinking"Andrew Harmel-Law - Technical Principal at Thoughtworks & Author of "Facilitating Software Architecture"RESOURCESDianahttps://hachyderm.io/@dianahttps://bsky.app/profile/mentrix.bsky.socialhttps://x.com/dianamontalionhttps://github.com/dianamontalionhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dianamontalionhttps://blog.montalion.comhttps://learningsystemsthinking.com...2025-01-0341 min

Dead CodeEverything is an Experiment (with Jessica Kerr)In this Dead Code episode, Jessica Kerr (Jessitron) joins host Jared Norman to explore the evolving nature of experimentation and learning in software development. Jessica reflects on her shift from valuing software’s determinism to embracing the unpredictability of distributed systems and human factors. She explains that traditional scientific methods, like A/B testing, often fall short in complex, socio-technical environments, where dynamic learning and observing real-world impacts are crucial. At Honeycomb, she practices a holistic approach to experimentation, viewing each system and team as a “symmathesy”—a mutual learning environment where insights flow between developers and the software. Jessica...2024-11-1233 min

GOTO - The Brightest Minds in TechLearning Systems Thinking • Diana Montalion & Charles HumbleThis interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club.http://gotopia.tech/bookclubRead the full transcription of the interview here:https://gotopia.tech/episodes/328Diana Montalion - Systems Architect, Mentrix Founder & Author of "Learning Systems Thinking"Charles Humble - Freelance Techie, Podcaster, Editor, Author & ConsultantRESOURCESDianahttps://hachyderm.io/@dianahttps://bsky.app/profile/mentrix.bsky.socialhttps://x.com/dianamontalionhttps://github.com/dianamontalionhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dianamontalionhttps://blog.montalion.comhttps...2024-11-0850 min

Software Architektur im StreamLearning Systems Thinking with Diana Montalion and Lisa MoritzWe already learnt about nonlinear thinking in episode 137 of Software Architektur im Stream, when Diana Montalion talked with Eberhard Wolff about this important topic. But what about Systems Thinking? Is it the same as non-linear thinking? Let’s find out together with Diana Montalion and Lisa Maria Moritz in this episode. Diana and Lisa will talk about Diana’s new book “Learning Systems Thinking: Essential Nonlinear Skills & Practices for Software Professionals”. Links Software Architecture Gathering Code SATV_SAG15 for 15% off Diana Montalion: Learning Systems Thinking: Essential Nonlinear Skills and Practices for Software...2024-11-071h 01

Discover the Best Audio Stories in Non-Fiction, Computers & TechnologyLearning Systems Thinking: Essential Non-Linear Skills and Practices for Software Professionals by Diana MontalionPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/819775 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Learning Systems Thinking: Essential Non-Linear Skills and Practices for Software Professionals Author: Diana Montalion Narrator: Wendy Tremont King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: October 8, 2024 Genres: Computers & Technology Publisher's Summary: A decade ago, developers built information-sharing software by writing a lot of custom code in a single code base, then adding layers of caching. Now we build information systems: interdependent software and services, data platforms, and event streams. Many of our software-to-systems initiatives fail, though, and when they do, we double down on traditional linear approaches...2024-10-0803 min

Happy Path Programming#100 Thinking about Thinking with Diana MontalionDiana Montalion teaches us about Systems Thinking and why it matters for those of us building software. Diana is founder of ⁠Mentrix⁠, which teaches "systems architecture skills for an increasingly complex world." Pre-Order Diana's book: Learning Systems Thinking: Essential Nonlinear Skills and Practices for Software Professionals Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF 2024-06-191h 31

Software Developers Journey#252 Diana Montalion from a bookstore to systems thinkingDiana placed the start of her journey with her grandmother and maths, and having the feeling that she loved the wrong things. We discussed how she discovered computers but didn't embrace them for a long time. Diana explained how she wanted to become a writer, moved to Montana, and opened a bookshop. We talked about isolation and rediscovering programming, online gaming, and communities and how she finally went all-in, moved to Austin, TX, and said "YES" to everything. We saw how she became a systems expert, her favorite topic nowadays.Here are the links from the...2023-05-0952 min

FrontmatterDiana Montalion, Author of Writing as Thinking: Practices for Technology ProfessionalsDiana Montalion is the author of the Leanpub book Writing as Thinking: Practices for Technology Professionals. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Diana about her background and her career, becoming a systems architect, the nature of non-linear systems thinking, and how writing can help you learn how to think differently. This interview was recorded on April 25, 2023. The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM261-Diana-Montalion-2023-04-25.mp3. The Frontmatter podcast is available on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/leanpub, in Apple Podcasts here https://podcasts.apple...2023-05-031h 00

Software Architektur im StreamNon-linear Thinking with Diana MontalionWe are used to linear thinking - but really nonlinear thinking and systems thinking is what helps in a lot of modern challenges around software architecture. Diana Montalion is an expert on these subjects and applies them to software architecture regularly. She will tell us how nonlinear thinking helps with software architecture and why it is important. Links Software Architecture Gathering Code SAG-SATV-15 for 15% off Diana’s Newsletter Diana’s Twitter account Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella H. Meadows, Diana Wright The Fifth Discipline by Pete...2022-10-071h 01

Beyond CodingSystems Thinking with Diana MontalionDiana Montalion shares how we think of, and design, sources of information to accommodate for what we want as users, depending on the context we’re in. It requires a way of thinking we’re not used to: systems thinking, or non-linear thinking. But doing so and adapting the software we create, can open up opportunities that weren’t there before. Some of the topics we cover this episode, in order 👇 ☑️ Systems thinking vs. Linear thinking ☑️ Designing for sources of information ☑️ Do you know why your tasks matter? ☑️ Changing the skills we value when hiring ☑️...2022-04-201h 06

Software Crafts PodcastInterview with Kenny Baas-SchweglerOn episode #8 we have Kenny Baas-Schwegler. We started the interview with the heuristic “Find the root cause” from the Xebia Essentials repository (https://essentials.xebia.com/genchi-genbutsu/). Kenny shares with us the importance of balancing two powerful forces, love and power in a working environment. Also, how we can manage uncertainty using Cynefin, Deep Democracy, Domain-Driven Design and Visual Collaboration. Kenny recommends: Virtual Domain-Driven Design (https://virtualddd.com/) Rebecca Wirfs-Brock (@rebeccawb) Ruth Malan (@ruthmalan) Dawn Ahukanna (@dawnahukanna) Diana Montalion (@dianamontalion) Deep Democracy (https://lewisdd.com) “Sitting in the fire” by Arnold Mindell By leveraging Deep Democracy...2020-08-0532 min

Techie LeadershipBuilding TrustIn this episode you can hear Diana Montalion and Andrei talk about partnering with people who are good at covering your blind spots, the process of structuring change and the essential quality called trust. Show notes on http://techieleadership.com/show39 2020-07-0956 min

Virtual Domain-driven designBalancing upfront design versus iterative designWe want early feedback to inform foundational or load-bearing decision making before committing to hard/expensive to change design decisions. But we don’t want to start building based on flawed design decisions, the consequences of which are hard/expensive to change when we discover it is faulty. The problem is, how do we balance these two polarities from an either-or to both-and thinking. In this session, we will explore contexts and tradeoffs in upfront design versus iterative design. Joining us to share their perspectives and experiences in a never-ending discussion are: *Dawn Ahukanna (Design Principal an...2020-06-261h 49