Some thoughts about trust
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...
Why tech agnostic?
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 prou...
Feeling trapped in a US cloud? — Common modernisation pitfalls
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...
An old story I want to share
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.
Feeling trapped in a US cloud? - It’s time to take action
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. Th...
Surprise-Driven Sharing, yet again
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 t...