I've always felt that DDD is more of a meta-paradigm than a paradigm per-se, and shops that "arrive" at it have actually always been themselves examples of the

I've always felt that DDD is more of a meta-paradigm than a paradigm per-se, and shops that "arrive" at it have actually always been themselves examples of the practice in itself, as opposed to being instances of itself. Sorry, I'm actually just bluffing, what is DDD?