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This is my personal review of the first [@DDDBE](https://twitter.com/dddbe), inaugural meeting: a [modellathon](https://modellathon.eventbrite.com/).

# Some background info

So, last night we had the very first event of [the Belgian DDD community](http://domaindriven.be/): a modellathon facilitated by [<NAME>](https://twitter.com/mathiasverraes) and [<NAME>](https://twitter.com/stijnvnh), and kindly hosted by the hosting company [Combell](https://twitter.com/combell).

For the people who do not know the concept of a modellathon - in fact, I think we might even have invented the term maybe, but I am not quite sure -, it was something we spiked like a while a go, while coming back from the [London DDD Exchange](http://skillsmatter.com/event/design-architecture/dddx-2013):
As we were sitting together on the train with some of the [#CQRSBeers](https://twitter.com/ToJans/statuses/297059516049137664) guys, we considered starting a Belgian DDD community, and having real workshops.

Somehow the idea for first workshop emerged: instead of having hackathons (hacking away on code), why not have a modellathon (hacking away on domain models).

### UPDATE 
Apparently the modellathon term was [Jef Claes](https://twitter.com/JefClaes)' idea !

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/ToJans">@ToJans</a> For the record, I coined the term on our way back from DDDX ;)</p>&mdash; <NAME> (@JefClaes) <a href="https://twitter.com/JefClaes/statuses/375266359875481600">September 4, 2013</a></blockquote>
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So one thing came to another, and all of a sudden we were in this situation:

# The modellathon

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Kickoff of the first <a href="https://twitter.com/DDDBE">@dddbe</a> event the <a href="https://twitter.com/combell">@combell</a> offices: the modellathon! <a href="http://t.co/moCuAjYqqS">pic.twitter.com/moCuAjYqqS</a></p>&mdash; <NAME> (@ToJans) <a href="https://twitter.com/ToJans/statuses/374938677522464768">September 3, 2013</a></blockquote>
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layout: post
title: "The very first #DDDBE event: the modellathon"
date: 2013-09-04 14:28
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categories: 
---

This is my personal review of the [@DDDBE](https://twitter.com/dddbe) inaugural meeting: a [modellathon](https://modellathon.eventbrite.com/).

# Some background info

So, last night we had the very first event of [the Belgian DDD community](http://domaindriven.be/): a modellathon facilitated by [<NAME>](https://twitter.com/mathiasverraes) and [<NAME>](https://twitter.com/stijnvnh), and kindly hosted by the hosting company [Combell](https://twitter.com/combell).

For the people who do not know the concept of a modellathon - in fact, I think we might even have invented the term maybe, but I am not quite sure -, it was something we spiked like a while a go, while coming back from the [London DDD Exchange](http://skillsmatter.com/event/design-architecture/dddx-2013):
As we were sitting together on the train with some of the [#CQRSBeers](https://twitter.com/ToJans/statuses/297059516049137664) guys, we considered starting a Belgian DDD community, and having real workshops.

Somehow the idea for the first workshop emerged: instead of having hackathons (hacking away on code), why not have a modellathon (hacking away on domain models).

### UPDATE 
Apparently the modellathon term was [Jef Claes](https://twitter.com/JefClaes)' idea !

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/ToJans">@ToJans</a> For the record, I coined the term on our way back from DDDX ;)</p>&mdash; <NAME> (@JefClaes) <a href="https://twitter.com/JefClaes/statuses/375266359875481600">September 4, 2013</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

So one thing came to another, and all of a sudden we were in this situation:

# The modellathon

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Kickoff of the first <a href="https://twitter.com/DDDBE">@dddbe</a> event the <a href="https://twitter.com/combell">@combell</a> offices: the modellathon! <a href="http://t.co/moCuAjYqqS">pic.twitter.com/moCuAjYqqS</a></p>&mdash; <NAME> (@ToJans) <a href="https://twitter.com/ToJans/statuses/374938677522464768">September 3, 2013</a></blockquote>
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