Today, 18.03.2026, I will be holding my „Thoughts on (Modern?) Software Development - Observations From a 21-Year Journey“ talk at the JUG Bonn (in person & in German). 🎟️ ➡️ 📚💭🤓

All further details can be found at:

https://onmoderndev.de/en/blog/2026/03/17/in-person-talk-on-18-03-2026-at-jug-bonn/

Hope to see you there, 🖖
Alex

PS: All my upcoming talks can be found at https://onmoderndev.de/en/blog/2025/12/10/thoughts-talks-in-2026/

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{ in person } Talk on 18.03.2026 at JUG Bonn - On (Modern?) Software Development

On 18.03.2026 I will be holding my talk „Thoughts on (Modern?) Software Development – Observations From a 21-Year Journey” at the JUG Bonn (in person and in German). The talk’s sources and slides can be found here, the registration page can be found here: https://www.meetup.com/de-de/jug-bonn/events/312718591 The event location will be: cronn GmbHPortlandweg 4Bonn Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=50.71844%2C%207.150359

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KI-Agenten kapern den demokratischen Diskurs

KI-Agenten täuschen echte Bürgerbewegungen vor und beeinflussen Wahlen – und Social-Media-Plattformen haben einen Grund, nicht dagegen vorzugehen.

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Today, 17.03.2026, I will be holding my „Thoughts on (Modern?) Software Development - Observations From a 21-Year Journey“ talk at the 28th German Perl/Raku Workshop in Berlin (in person & in German). 🎟️ ➡️ 📚💭🤓

All further details can be found at:

https://onmoderndev.de/en/blog/2026/03/14/in-person-talk-on-17-03-2026-at-28th-german-perl-raku-workshop-in-berlin/

Hope to see you there, 🖖
Alex

PS: All my upcoming talks can be found at https://onmoderndev.de/en/blog/2025/12/10/thoughts-talks-in-2026/

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{ in person } Talk on 17.03.2026 at 28th German Perl/Raku Workshop in Berlin - On (Modern?) Software Development

On 17.03.2026 I will be holding my talk „Thoughts on (Modern?) Software Development – Observations From a 21-Year Journey” at the 28th Perl/Raku Workshop in Berlin (in person and in German). The talk’s sources and slides can be found here, the registration page can be found here: https://act.yapc.eu/gpw2026/register The event location will be: HeilandskircheThusnelda-Allee 110555 Berlin […]

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„The reason that structural explanations are so important is that only they address the underlying causes of behavior at a level at which patterns of behavior can be changed. Structure produces behavior, and changing underlying structures can produce different patterns of behavior. In this sense, structural explanations are inherently generative. Moreover, since structure in human systems includes…“ 1/

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„All too often, teams in business tend to spend their time fighting for turf, avoiding anything that will make them look bad personally, and pretending that everyone is behind the team's collective strategy-maintaining the appearance of a cohesive team. To keep up the image, they seek to squelch disagreement; people with serious reservations avoid stating them publicly, and joint decisions are watered-down compromises reflecting what everyone…“ 1/

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„But what happens when we can no longer observe the consequences of our actions? What happens if the primary consequences of our actions are in the distant future or in a distant part of the larger system within which we operate? We each have a "learning horizon," a breadth of vision in time and space within which we assess our eflectiveness. When our actions have consequences beyond our learning horizon, it becomes impossible to learn from direct…“ 1/

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„If you wanted to design a cave person for survival, ability to contemplate the cosmos would not be a high-ranking design criterion. What is important is the ability to see the saber-toothed tiger over your left shoulder and react quickly. The irony is that, today, the primary threats to our survival, both of our organizations and of our societies, come not from sudden events but from slow, gradual processes: the arms race, environmental…“ 1/

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Friday next week, 13.03.2026, I will be holding my in-depth talk „Thoughts on (Modern?) Software Development - Observations From a 21-Year Journey" at DevLand conference in Rust (in person & in German). 🎟️ ➡️ 📚💭🤓

All further details can be found at:

https://onmoderndev.de/en/blog/2026/01/26/in-person-talk-on-13-03-2026-at-devland-conference-in-rust/

Hope to see you there, 🖖
Alex

PS: All my upcoming talks can be found at https://onmoderndev.de/en/blog/2025/12/10/thoughts-talks-in-2026/

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{ in person } Talk on 13.03.2026 at DevLand Conference in Rust - On (Modern?) Software Development

On 13.03.2026 I will be holding my talk „Thoughts on (Modern?) Software Development – Observations From a 21-Year Journey” at the DevLand conference (in person and in German). The talk’s sources can be found here, the talk’s conference page is located at: https://my.doag.org/events/devland/2026/agenda/#agendaId.7070 Tickets can be acquired here: https://my.doag.org/events/devland/shop I hope to see you there… for […]

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„… continue to evolve too. But there is great value in planting a stake in the ground and saying, "This is what constitutes the software engineering body of knowledge at this time."

As Francis Bacon pointed out when he laid the foundation for modern science almost 400 years ago, errors are a better basis for progress than confusion is. Bacon knew that when his systematic approach was used, many of the initial conclusions it produced—…“ 4/

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A Behind the Scenes Look at the Writing of the Agile Manifesto – Kaizenko