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25.03 2026
№ 47
AI Act Digital Addiction EU Regulation Humanism

Progress Is Not a Direction: Anatomy of a Dangerous Misconception

When people shout that the state is "holding back progress," are they really talking about progress: or something else entirely?

29′ reading time
6.442 words
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24.03 2026
№ 46
Tech Career Consulting IT Services IT Sourcing

From developer to partner: a career in IT services

Three roles, three lenses on the IT market: corporate, startup, and a client portfolio. A non-linear path that clarifies what really matters in sourcing.

8′ reading time
1.678 words
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23.03 2026
№ 45
IT Advisory IT Services Sourcing Consulting

What an IT Provider Knows That a Sourcing Analyst Doesn't

The structural blind spot of the IT services advisory market—and why closing it is urgent, before sourcing decisions keep going wrong at scale.

5′ reading time
1.140 words
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20.03 2026
№ 44
AI Anthropic Coding Agents Developer Tools

Who Owns the Workbench

OpenAI buys Astral, Anthropic bought Bun. The quiet colonization of the development stack has already begun, and it's not about open source.

8′ reading time
1.684 words
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19.03 2026
№ 43
AI Digital Transformation IT Consulting IT Strategy

AI and IT consulting: goodbye to time & materials

AI is making time & materials unsustainable in IT consulting. What’s left to sell: outcomes, accountability, and trust. Not hours.

24′ reading time
5.334 words
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17.03 2026
№ 43
Compliance EU Regulation AI Act Architecture

EU compliance 2026: it's architecture, not just legal

Over the next 18 months CRA, AI Act, PLD, NIS2 and EAA will reshape European software. Compliance isn’t a checkbox: it’s designed into architecture.

11′ reading time
2.331 words
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17.03 2026
№ 43
AI Product Software Startup

When Software Becomes an Intention

I built an app in 17 minutes without writing code. The point isn’t the demo, but what happens to consumer markets when software becomes intention.

9′ reading time
2.022 words
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17.03 2026
№ 43
AI Design Product SaaS

After the Death of the UI: Does the Idea of the App Die Too?

Reading Mircha made me wonder what happens if the UI really dies. Maybe it’s not just the screen that disappears, but the application itself.

9′ reading time
1.901 words
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17.03 2026
№ 43
Compliance EU Regulation Cybersecurity Software Development

Compliance Is Your Problem

Between 2026 and 2027, software becomes a product with legal liability. If the client only wants go-live, the risk stays with everyone.

7′ reading time
1.560 words
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17.03 2026
№ 43
Trust EU Regulation Open Source Software

Hands and the Machine: Trust in Software

Software runs the world yet stays invisible. Between ai, open source and European rules, trust is built with care, choices, and responsibility.

11′ reading time
2.390 words
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