On 19.05.2026 I held my talk „Thoughts on (Modern?) Software Development – Observations From a 21-Year Journey” at the JUG Hamburg (in person and in german).
The talk’s sources and slides can be found here, the registration page can be found here:
https://www.meetup.com/de-de/jug-hamburg/events/314528288/
The event location was:
Consid GmbH
St. Annenufer 5
Hamburg
Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=53.54468%2C%209.996511
During the talk and in the ensuing discussion some additional sources were mentioned:
- Richard Sheridan‘s „Joy, Inc.“
- Tom DeMarco & Timothy Lister in „Peopleware (re-visited)“: „The High-Tech Illusion“
- Gunter Dueck‘s re:publica 2015 talk on the topic of „Swarm Stupidity“
- Uwe Friedrichsen‘s latest blog post „We Are Our Own Worst Enemies”
- Uwe Friedrichsen’s JAX 2026 slides: „The 7 Pitfalls of AI“
- Uwe Friedrichsen’s AI-related blog posts:
- Michael Lewis: „The Undoing Project“
- Third Wave: „Wohin steuert die Tech-Branche?“ (german)
- Interview between Otto Scharmer & Tristan Harris
- Post by Paige Watson about how managers perceive AI vs. developer statements
- Donella Meadows: „Thinking in Systems”
- Frederic Laloux:
- Vox.com: „Flood the zone with s***: How misinformation overwhelmed our democracy“
- 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