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 ...

How do you organise for tomorrow when nobody knows what tomorrow looks like?

I confess, I’m a bit obsessed with bottlenecks. Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the kind that slow down your flow of change. I’ve gathered a few links below to solutions for common ones. Th...

This text continues my attempt to speak directly to system owners, rather than to my usual community of software developers. Today I will try to answer a question from a friend. They said: “I get t...

When I started my first large project as an independent consultant 33 years ago, I remember how I was welcomed by one of the most senior developers in the team I was hired to work with. He asked ...

The other day I found myself thinking about an architecture modernisation project that I was fortunate to be involved in 15 years ago, together with Equinor (then Statoil) in Trondheim.

The defence sector in the free world is currently talking a lot about dual-use technology. In this context, dual-use refers to civil products that can also be put to effective use in military sett...