It’s been interesting (depressing) to see how a superpower nation we used to trust now makes it impossible to trust them. Lying, betraying and exploiting have that effect. Maybe trust is also out of fashion?

When working with Suzi Edwards-Alexander and trying to find out what is good (and bad) about factor10, I've realised there are a few unconventional things about us that I'm proud of, but I don't think of much since I'm home blind. They’re things we’ve had since we started 18 years ago, such as fl...

The other day I experienced a very distinct surprise. Picture a situation where you’ve had an internalized understanding for a long time and are convinced that everybody shares this way of thinking. Then, out of the blue, you find out that a person you respect has a completely different point of ...

Are you interested in solutions to reduce token usage (and costs), improve response times, balance determinism and stochasticity, manage digital autonomy, correctness, and more? This is the first p...

According to Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and real life experience, good collaboration with the domain experts is of crucial importance when developing software. It’s amazingly powerful and definitel...

The other day I was watching this very good video where The Pragmatic Engineer interviews Martin Fowler. Approximately one hour and 31 minutes in, Martin says that he enjoys discussing with people ...

Earlier in my career, I’d automatically have said something like: being in a weightless state, without time and space, completely zoned in on what I’m doing. Someone even compared flow to the state...

As I mentioned in the previous post about “decision speed”, I’m a bit obsessed with bottlenecks. Sometimes the bottleneck is learning enough to make a good decision. Here are a few more links on ...

There are quite a lot of comments flowing around right now that GenAI is an accelerator. Good news if you are in a good situation, since the good will be increased. Bad news if your situation is ...