On 18.09.2026 (5pm Berlin time), I held my „Thoughts on (Modern?) Software Development – Observations From a 21-Year Journey” talk at the GI regional group Ulm Ravensburg (in person and in German).
The talk’s sources can be found here, the event page here:
https://rg-ulm-ravensburg.gi.de/veranstaltung/vortrag-on-modern-software-development
The talk took place at the following location:
eXXcellent solutions GmbH
Beim Alten Fritz 2
89075 Ulm
Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/G1J2g7CF5nSH5Rwb6
During the talk and in the ensuing discussion some additional sources were mentioned:
- Uwe Friedrichsen‘s blog posts:
- Uwes JAX 2026 slides: „The 7 Pitfalls of AI“ –> updated version
- „We Are Our Own Worst Enemies”
- „Thoughts on AI and Software Development“ (4 parts)
- Andrew Murphy‘s „If you thought the speed of writing code was your problem – you have bigger problems“
- The Atlantic: „The End of Reading is Here“
- Tom DeMarco & Timothy Lister in „Peopleware (re-visited)”: “The High-Tech Illusion“
- „Ten takeaways from the AI Engineering Report 2026: The Acceleration Whiplash”
- Nicholas Carr’s: „The Big Switch – Rewiring The World From Edison to Google“ (especially the epilogue)
- Nicholas Carr: „The Shallows“
—> What happens with human cognition when a media change occurs: Book -> Internet? Was it changing by that? - Richard Sheridan “Joy, Inc.“
—> How does a company look like, that has Kent Beck’s XP in its DNA and where „joy at work“ is a central idea? - Third Wave: “Wohin steuert die Tech-Branche?“ (German)
—> Very interesting read in context of „AI before AI got really big” - John Allspaw: “How Your Systems Keep Running Day After Day“
—> Outstanding talk covering a lot of topics, e.g.: „What happens when your senior developer starts to talk about his/her mental model in front of the team?” - Michael Lewis: „The Undoing Project“
—> A portrait of Daniel Kahneman and Amon Tversky, the „inventors“ of Cognitive Biases - Felienne Hermans: “The Programmer’s Brain“
—> How does human cognition work and how should you „use“ your brains when it comes to being a developer? - Felienne Hermans at DDD Europe 2026: “AI made me doubt everything about programming“
- Charles Duhigg: “The Power Of Habit“
—> How do human habits work and what are they good (and bad) for? - Matt Beane: “The Skill Code“
—> How does learning change in the age of AI? - Steve McConnell‘s „After the Gold Rush”
- Cory Doctorow: “Code is a liability (not an asset)”
- Mahayni, Ziad Prof. Dr.: “Mensch-Sein im Zeitalter Künstlicher Intelligenz” (German)
- Interview by Eberhard Wolff with Gitte Klitgaard on the topic of “Leadership and Psychological Safety“
—> OnModernDev-YouTube “Culture” playlist - Netflix documentary: “The AI Doc – How I Became an Apocaloptimist“
- Guide to my Mastodon hashtags
- Last but not least:
- The link to all other sources I did mention in the „Thoughts“-related discussions since 2024