Professional Background
There is no compression algorithm for experience…
During my journey across many different software projects and product organizations, I think I learned a few things. Sometimes thoughts and insights become only real, when you write them down. Feedback? Let me know!
Erfahrung wird immer mehr wert sein als Wissen…
In verschiedensten SW-Engineering Projekten und Organisationen in über 20 Jahren habe ich so einiges gesehen, erlebt und gelernt. Manche Dinge versteht man erst wirklich, wenn man sie aufschreibt. Feedback? Immer gerne!
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Sometimes „automate it all“ does not help
Just recently I was looking into the next best tool to use for capturing customer demand. It needed to be […]
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Warum die Deutschen ein Technologie-Volk werden sollten
Gestern war ich auf einer Bürgerversammlung hier in meinem schönen Stadtteil. Da wurde über vieles gesprochen, auch darüber wie teuer […]
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The Power of „Disagree and Commit“
During my time as an employee with Amazon Web Services, I learned about one of Amazon’s leadership principles): „Disagree and […]
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Platform Engineering – Part 5 – Data Platforms
Data Platforms – more than just large data pools Data platforms are not a new phenomenon, but it seems that […]
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Platform Engineering – Part 4 – Cost Drivers
Managing platform scope – Start small with a bold vision It is essential to be clear about the scope of […]
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Platform Engineering – Part 3 – Platform Business
Platform Business Models Software Platforms, like all software, can be delivered in several ways to serve their users and so, […]
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Platform Engineering – Part 2 – The Basics
What is a Software Platform? There are many definitions for this term in computer sciences. In this paper, the term […]
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Platform Engineering – Part 1 – Introduction
In most software-based businesses it is quite common to think about platforms. Building an own internal platform that implements the […]
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Re-programming your own brain’s algorithms
Computers are ignorant, dumb machines. We write new operating systems and routines, compile and deploy them and these machines behave […]
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How human is automation after all?
It is almost 15 years ago, when I first had a touchpoint with the ethic and morale question: “How human […]
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Why you should (NOT) listen to your Experts
There once lived a man next to a mighty and beautiful mountain. When the man was a kid, he was […]
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Attributes for highly valuable Proof of Concepts (PoC)
After supporting and observing several Proof of Concept activities in various departments, I realized that I could do more to […]
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Public Talk: Building End-to-End IOT Solutions with AWS
I had the please to talk at AWS re:invent 2019 about end to end IOT solutions. The session was recorded, […]
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Multi-Cloud as a Strategy
When discussing the vendor strategy for the technical systems, traditionally in software engineering you find conflicting requirements. This is not […]
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The Power of “as a Service”
The XaaS – everything as a service movement is quite considerable. When looking at successful internet companies today, you can […]
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The key values behind DevOps
Since may years during my career I came across all these tools and frameworks: Waterfall, V-Modell, SCRUM, Kanban, LESS, SAFe, […]