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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
№ 42
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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16.03 2026
№ 41
Compliance Career Technical Leadership Software Development

Things I've Stopped Doing Over the Last Fifteen Years of Work

Notes on the things it took me at least 15 years to unlearn—habits about code, stacks, business, compliance, hiring, language, and leadership.

9′ reading time
1.897 words
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14.03 2026
№ 40
AI Leadership SME Hiring

Hiring in 2026: you don't need to use AI, you need to govern it

In SMEs, AI isn’t a tech topic. It’s a cross-functional skill: knowing how to govern it, assess its output, and use it to do new things.

10′ reading time
2.198 words
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11.03 2026
№ 39
Compliance Cybersecurity AI SME

The Smallness Paradox: Long Live European Regulation

Between the AI Act, CRA and NIS2, Europe is rewriting the rules: it’s not who runs fastest that wins, but who builds serious, secure, accessible software.

11′ reading time
2.311 words
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08.03 2026
№ 37
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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08.03 2026
№ 36
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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05.03 2026
№ 35
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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01.03 2026
№ 33
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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27.02 2026
№ 31
IT Consulting Work Culture Project Management Software

The Customer Is Always Wrong (and That Might Be a Good Thing)

In IT consulting the automatic yes kills projects. Saying no, with respect, is often the better service: less waste, more trust, more truth.

7′ reading time
1,420 words
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