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24.01 2026
№ 17
AI Software Development Digital Transformation

From Developer to Product Owner: The Necessary Shift in the AI Era

A few days ago a colleague on my team using Claude Code shipped a feature that, when I did his job, would have taken me half a day. He finished it in forty minutes.

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21.01 2026
№ 16
AI Software Development Digital Transformation

From Software to Data, Transformed

A few nights ago I read an article. It's called The Death of Software 2.0 and uses a metaphor that stuck with me.

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15.01 2026
№ 14
Music Streaming Technology

The Invisible Architecture of Music Streaming

How business and tech have perhaps killed songwriting, originality, and art There's a moment that often comes back to...

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10.01 2026
№ 13
Training AI Software Development

From Code Writers to Spec Architects

I spent the morning reviewing materials for an internal training course. Twenty-six dense pages, full of workflows, commands, checklists. At one point I stopped and looked out the window and asked: when did all of this happen?

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09.01 2026
№ 12
Ethics AI Open Source

AI and the Vicious Cycle That Risks Killing Open Source

There's a sentence from Adam Wathan that struck me, that I've been thinking about for two days since he posted it.

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08.01 2026
№ 11
Ethics Information Society

When Truth Becomes a Process

There's a precise moment I realised something had broken in my relationship with knowledge.

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03.01 2026
№ 10
Ethics Moderation Social Media

The End of Twitter's Trust and Safety Council: When the Controls Disappear

I've noticed that lately, when I think about Twitter—or X, as I should call it now—I get the feeling you get when you go back to a place you loved and don't recognise it anymore.

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29.12 2025
№ 9
Cloud Europe Digital Sovereignty

Airbus and European Sovereign Cloud: The First Credible Signal of an Awakening?

A few days ago I read a piece of news that probably went unnoticed by many, hidden among the geopolitical and tech headlines.

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26.12 2025
№ 8
AI Quality Software Development

Quality, Speed, and the Ghost of the Perfect Craftsman

There's a thought that has been with me for months, maybe since AI stopped being a distant promise and became a tool we use every day.

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17.12 2025
№ 6
Browser Independence Open Source

Mozilla, Free from Billionaires (More or Less)

I was browsing the Firefox site to check release notes for an update when I ran into a banner that made me smile—a slightly bitter smile, the kind you give when you find out your favourite vegan restaurant is owned by a fast-food chain.

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