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Raju Gandhi
SPEAKER 4 SESSIONS 3 BOOKS

RajuGandhi

FOUNDER, DEFMACRO SOFTWARE
01 / BIOGRAPHY

Raju is a software craftsman with almost 20 years of hands-on experience scoping, architecting, designing, implementing full stack applications.

He provides a 360 view of the development cycle, is proficient in a variety of programming languages and paradigms, experienced with software development methodologies, as well an expert in infrastructure and tooling.

He has long been in the pursuit of hermeticism across the development stack by championing immutability during development (with languages like Clojure), deployment (leveraging tools like Docker and Kubernetes), and provisioning and configuration via code (toolkits like Ansible, Terraform, Packer, everything-as-code).

Raju is a published author, internationally known public speaker and trainer.
Raju can be found on Twitter as @looselytyped.
In his spare time, you will find Raju reading, playing with technology, or spending time with his wonderful (and significantly better) other half.

02 / PRESENTATIONS AT ARCHCONF'25
Tue Dec 9 · 1:00 PM
Documenting your architecture

In this session we will discuss the need to document architecture, and see what mechanisms are available to us to document architecture—both present and future.

Tue Dec 9 · 10:30 AM
Measuring your architecture

It's not just architecture—it's evolutionary architecture. But to evolve your architecture, you need to measure it. And how does that work exactly? How does one measure something as abstract as architecture? In this session we'll discuss various strategies for measuring your architecture. We'll see how you know if your software architecture is working for you, and how to know which metrics to keep an eye on. We'll also see the benefits of measuring your architecture.

Tue Dec 9 · 8:30 AM ARCHITECTURE
Modular Monoliths: A happy middle

In this session we will discuss what modular monoliths are, what they bring to the table, and how they offer a great middle ground between monoliths and distributed architectures like microservices.

Mon Dec 8 · 9:00 AM
The Building Plan: Thinking Architecturally

You are ready to level up your skills. Or, you've already been playing _accidental_ architect, and need to have a structured plan to be designated as one. Well, your wait is over. From the author of O'Reilly's best-selling "Head First Software Architecture" comes a full-day workshop that covers all that you need to start thinking architecturally. Everything from the difference between design and architecture, and modern description of architecture, to the skills you'll need to develop to become a successful architect, this workshop will be your one stop shop.

All signal.
Zero fluff.
DECEMBER 8 - 11, 2025 · OPAL SANDS RESORT · CLEARWATER, FL