The Entity Relationship language (ER) is stronger than ever
There was a time when I thought the ER language would slowly disappear. I was utterly wrong. I’m seeing a resurgence of the language and its tooling ecosystem.
From models-to-code to models-to-prompts: the next MDE revolution?
ChatGPT will not replace programmers. Even less modelers. But it may actually replace code-generators and become a key component in model-driven and low-code development platforms.
Low-code vs model-driven: are they the same?
I don’t see any significant technical novelty in the low-code movement. But I do not see this as being negative. More the opposite. Read why I think the low-code movement represents a great opportunity for the modeling community.
Qualities of a good notation – a mathematician perspective
What are the core principles of a good concrete syntax? A famous mathematician lists his main principles. To take into account when designing your next DSL.
On the lack of open-source low-code tools
This was supposed to be a post recommending great open source low-code tools. It ended up being a rant on why there are so few of them.
Navigability of associations is NOT a conceptual modeling concern
Please do not define any direction in your associations when creating your domain models. This is part of a further refinement during the design phase.
Modeling: all you need to know
