Software development

01.05 2026
№ 62

Compliance Work Software Development AI Act Labour Market

The Rise of the Compliance Engineer

On the figure now emerging from the gap between software engineering and European regulation, and on why almost no one is noticing in time.

16′ reading time

3.520 words

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19.04 2026
№ 57

Software Development Software Philosophy OF Technology Technical Debt

Cruft, Not Patina

Buildings learn, Stewart Brand argued. Software, instead, accumulates comments that apologize. On why digital objects can't grow old — and what that says about the civilization that has put them at its center.

23′ reading time

5.180 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
№ 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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24.02 2026
№ 29

API Compliance Digital Product Software Development

Don't Add AI to Your Products. Rethink Them from Scratch.

Adding a chatbot isn't enough. If half the interactions are going to flow through AI agents, you have to rethink software, APIs, trust, and compliance.

8′ reading time

1,580 words

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18.02 2026
№ 21

Compliance Cybersecurity Digital Law Software Development

Software Is a Product. Now What?

From 9 December 2026, the new EU Product Liability Directive treats software as a product. What changes for roadmaps, contracts, releases, and open source.

10′ reading time

2,150 words

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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.

6′ reading time

1,360 words

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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.

9′ reading time

1,800 words

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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?

7′ reading time

1,420 words

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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.

9′ reading time

1,800 words

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