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On 24.06.2026, 10am (Berlin time), I held my talk „Thoughts on (Modern?) Software Development – Observations From a 21-Year Journey” at the Domain-driven Design (DDD) Australia Meetup (remote and in english).

The talk’s sources can be found here, the Meetup event page here:

https://www.meetup.com/domain-driven-design-australia/events/314655463

During the talk and in the ensuing discussion some additional sources were mentioned:

• Margaret-Anne Storey: „From Technical Debt to Cognitive and Intent Debt: Rethinking Software Health in the Age of AI“
• „Ten takeaways from the AI Engineering Report 2026: The Acceleration Whiplash”
• Uwe Friedrichsen’s blog posts:
  • „We Are Our Own Worst Enemies”
  • „Thoughts on AI and Software Development“ (4 parts)
  • On top of that a further addition: Uwe Friedrichsen’s JAX 2026 slides: „The 7 Pitfalls of AI“
• Nicholas Carr’s: „The Big Switch – Rewiring The World From Edison to Google“
• Guide to my Mastodon hashtags
  • Classics
  • Reader
• Last but not least:
  • The link to all other sources I did mention in the „Thoughts“-related discussions since 2024

On 01.06.2026 it was planned that I would be holding my talk „Thoughts on (Modern?) Software Development – Observations From a 21-Year Journey” at the GI regional group Ulm Ravensburg (hybrid and in german).

Due to unforeseen circumstances the talk needs to be rescheduled and will not be taking place on the 01.06.2026.

As soon as the new schedule will be in place, I will inform you here.

On 21.05.2026 I held my „Solutions for (Modern?) Software Development – Approximations From a 21-Year Journey” at the Scrum Masters HH XXL event (in person and in german).

The talk’s sources can be found here, the registration page can be found here:

https://www.meetup.com/scrum-master-meetup-hamburg/events/312511979

The event location was:

Hammerbrooklyn.DigitalCampus
Stadtdeich 2
Hamburg

Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=53.54547%2C%2010.008287

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:
  • „Thoughts on AI and Software Development“
  • „It has never been about code”
  • „AI and the Ironies of Automation – Part 1“
  • „Solving the Wrong Problem“
• Andrew Murphy’s blog post: “If you thought the speed of writing code was your problem – you have bigger problems“
• Kevlin Henney’s: „Code Generation – So that you can do the wrong thing faster.”
• 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?”
• Dave Snowden’s Craft 2019 keynote
• Neil Postman: Technopoly
• Interview between Otto Scharmer & Tristan Harris
• Frederic Laloux:
  • Reinventing Organizations
  • Reinventing Organizations visuell (german)
• Guide to my Mastodon hashtags
  • Classics
  • Reader
• Last but not least:
  • The link to all other sources I did mention in the „Thoughts“-related discussions since 2024

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:
  • „Thoughts on AI and Software Development“
  • „It has never been about code”
  • „AI and the Ironies of Automation – Part 1“
  • „Solving the Wrong Problem“
• 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:
  • Reinventing Organizations
  • Reinventing Organizations visuell (german)
• 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

On 11.05.2026 I held my talk „Thoughts on (Modern?) Software Development – Observations From a 21-Year Journey” at the Domain-driven Design (DDD) Hungary Meetup (remote and in English).

The talk’s sources can be found here, the VirtualDDD event page here:

https://virtualddd.com/sessions/rethinking-software-development-insights-from-20-years-in-the-field/

During the talk and in the ensuing discussion some additional sources were mentioned:

• Margaret-Anne Storey: „From Technical Debt to Cognitive and Intent Debt: Rethinking Software Health in the Age of AI“
• Andrew Murphy: „If you thought the speed of writing code was your problem – you have bigger problems“
• 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 AI-related posts:
  • „Thoughts on AI and Software Development“
  • „It has never been about code”
  • „AI and the Ironies of Automation – Part 1“
  • „Solving the Wrong Problem“
• Faisal Hoque: „There isn’t an AI bubble—there are three“
• Donella Meadows: „Thinking in Systems”
• Peter Senge: „The Fifth Discipline“
• Frederic Laloux:
  • Reinventing Organizations
  • Reinventing Organizations visuell
• Guide to my Mastodon hashtags
  • Classics
  • Reader
• Last but not least:
  • The link to all other sources I did mention in the „Thoughts“-related discussions since 2024

On 18.03.2026 I held my talk „Thoughts on (Modern?) Software Development – Observations From a 21-Year Journey” at the JUG Bonn (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-bonn/events/312718591

The event location was:

cronn GmbH
Portlandweg 4
Bonn

Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=50.71844%2C%207.150359

During the talk and in the ensuing discussion some additional sources were mentioned:

• „Thoughts“-Sources & Slides
• „Thoughts“-Recordings
• Mastodon hashtag overview
• Richard Sheridan „Joy, Inc.“
• Yuval Noah Harari
• Harari’s latest book „Nexus“ about the topic of AI
• Harari’s TED interview