Dark Factories Squared - Solving the MVF problem
2026-05-03 Management Software-Craftsmanship Augmented-by-AI Innovation Nerdy Thoughts
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The ASEO - Product Managers to the Rescue
2026-04-12 Management Software-Craftsmanship Augmented-by-AI Innovation Thoughts
Read MoreAI Disclosure: This blog post was written with the help of Claude Code. Here is the prompt that drove it:
Prompt: “Take a look at the last 5 ...
Managing Transitions - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
2026-04-11 Management Software-Craftsmanship Augmented-by-AI Innovation Thoughts
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Prompt: “Write a new blog post: ...
The Augmented Software Engineer - What is it?
2024-10-24 Management Software-Craftsmanship Augmented-by-AI Innovation Machine-Learning Thoughts
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- 2024-11-08: Added section at the end on published and planned episodes
- 2024-11-19: Added episode 3-5
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The Ideal Team Player - HHS vs. DAC
2023-02-10 Management Books Culture Remote Thoughts
Patrick Lencioni (obviously) wrote The Five Dysfunctions of a Team.
Cover of the book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team — Source: Wikipedia In that ...
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What is better than Remote-First 1.0? Remote-First 2.0!
2021-07-04 Management Culture Remote Thoughts
Two weeks ago I got my second jab. I am fully vaccinated now. I am now in Germany to see my parents for the first time in 12 month.
Yes: It is finally ...
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Distances - Know them. Manage them.
2021-06-01 Management Culture Remote Thoughts
Building and managing remote-first organizations means that you also need to understand (and manage) distances!
To develop your ability to understand ...
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The first Summit/Hack-a-thon @ Community
2021-02-12 Management Community Culture Remote
As people know … I am big fan of building and maintain this balance between Product and Engineering where …
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What's a Staff Director?
2020-08-31 Management Thoughts Culture
Community is growing fast.
More business. More customers. More people. More money. More (necessary) complexity (software and people).
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Roland ...
Discussing Remote ... the book!!!
2020-04-07 Software-Engineering Management TEDN Remote Culture Books
These days people look for advice and insight into how to build and run a remote-first engineering organization. And want/need to learn fast!!! ...
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