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 ...

Two weeks ago, I wrote an article to you (a non-developer) who is responsible for a core system running in a US cloud. It provided some guidance on how to proceed. Today, I will continue my attempt...

This is me repeating a story from memory I read 30 years ago in a magazine. I’m afraid I have no references, but I like the story a lot so I’d like it to live on.

Dear person who is not in the community of software developers but is, in one way or another, responsible for your organisation’s most important system running in a US cloud. This text aims to brin...

In the second part of “Surprise-Driven Sharing (SDS)” I wrote about how surprising I find it when people say things like “Once we finish this final feature, we are done!” when talking about custom-...

The other day, I started a small series of texts about having a strong and internalized viewpoint about something you’ve spent your whole work life on, and suddenly noticing that some people you me...

It was sooo overdue! I think it’s reasonable to modernize websites every 20 years. I failed at that. My old website had looked the same since I started blogging in 2003 and, truth be told, it wasn...