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 ...

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...

The first time I was involved in an initiative of this kind was 30 years ago, with Dynapac – a company known for its compaction and paving equipment. As I remember it, they had been building the b...

I keep hearing Domain-Driven Design (DDD) mentioned as a helpful foundation for agentic coding. Agents seem to benefit from a DDD approach in much the same way living developers do. And the same ...

A couple of weeks ago, I left my comfort zone (software development) and went to a conference for another “world”. The conference was hardware development-centric and for a specific business domai...