Back in October last year I wrote that I thought I understood bounded contexts, what they are and why we need them. Ever since realizing that a bounded context is a boundary of how a business sees a specific subject within a section of that business, learning anything and everything DDD became a lot easier.

Earlier this year I started reading the DDD book by Eric Evans. Together with the Eventsourcery videos from Shawn McCool, the first three chapters of the book were… easy to understand, even. Lots of “A-ha!” and “Oh!” moments, followed by “That makes perfect sense.” statements, and a couple of excited “I knew that!"-ones. Then I got to the chapter with the bounded contexts. I read the first few pages, thought about them… Then read them again, and thought some more. Then I put the book back on the shelf for a few months.