Daniel Westheide

@kaffeecoder
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Software maker. Roleplaying and story gamer. Coffee snob. Green.
mehttps://danielwestheide.com

I wrote a new blog post:

https://www.innoq.com/en/blog/2026/05/agentic-engineering-product-discovery/

If we can deliver faster than before, we should stop putting pressure on the system and use the freed capacity for product discovery work instead of producing yet more output.

Using the space, not optimizing the treadmill

Features per unit of time is not a meaningful metric. What counts is whether they satisfy a real user need and contribute to a desired outcome. Agentic development opens up the space to finally take that seriously.

📣 Save the Date: INNOQ Technology Day 2026

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Merk Dir den Termin vor und freu Dich auf einen Tag mit Vorträgen, Diskussionen und Raum fßr Austausch.

🗓️ Donnerstag, 12. November 2026
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Sobald die Anmeldung geĂśffnet ist, geben wir hier ein Update.

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I wrote a new blog post about the wave of modernization projects and simultaneous rise of domain-driven design:
https://www.innoq.com/en/blog/2026/04/accidental-complexity-in-the-heart-of-software/
Accidental Complexity in the Heart of Software

Domain-Driven Design went mainstream over the last ten years – in parallel with a wave of digitalization and modernization projects. That is not a coincidence. And it explains a lot about why so many of these projects fail to deliver what they promise.

⚙️ Why did one AI interaction pattern score 86% comprehension while another hit just 24%?

@kaffeecoder uses cognitive load theory to explain: when AI handles implementation, all your mental capacity goes to understanding – decisive under time pressure.

But he warns: the study's 35-minute limit amplified this effect. Real-world learning may need different patterns.

📖 https://www.innoq.com/en/blog/2026/03/ai-cognitive-lens-cognitive-load-theory/

Laterales Fßhren ¡ Chief Slop Officer

Tägliche Einblicke eines Vordenkers. Disruptrs. Thought Leaders.

Ne blog post: Pair Programming Considered Unnecessary: The Costs of Productive Solitude

https://danielwestheide.com/blog/pair-programming-considered-unnecessary/

Pair Programming Considered Unnecessary: The Costs of Productive Solitude

Die täglichen LinkedIn-Ragebait-Posts haben mich zu einem Satireprojekt inspiriert. Ich stelle vor, den Chief Slop Officer. Der Chief Slop Officer hat zu jedem Thema eine Meinung. Manchmal hat er sogar recht. Das ist nicht geplant.

https://chiefslopofficer.de

Chief Slop Officer

Tägliche Einblicke eines Vordenkers. Disruptrs. Thought Leaders.

I wrote a short blog post about why BMAD and other spec-driven development tools will likely not help you fix the requirements bottleneck that arises from agentic development:

https://www.innoq.com/en/blog/2026/03/sdd-ddd-why-bmad-wont-save-you/

Spec-Driven Development is Domain-Driven Design’s Impatient Cousin

Spec-driven development tools like BMAD promise to fix the requirements bottleneck that agentic development teams face. But is it actually a good fit for your organisation?

@pluralistic I am sure you'll love this (link is in German):

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/monheim-muss-autonomfahrende-e-bus-linie-vorerst-einstellen-100.html

English translation:

The North Rhine-Westphalian city of Monheim am Rhein is temporarily discontinuing its autonomously driving e-buses starting today.

The A01 started in 2020 as one of Germany's first autonomous bus lines. According to the city, the reason for the shutdown is that the French manufacturer Easymile is discontinuing technical support for the electric buses' software at the end of the month.

Verkehr - Monheim muss autonomfahrende E-Bus-Linie vorerst einstellen

Die nordrhein-westfälische Stadt Monheim am Rhein stellt ab heute ihre autonom fahrenden E-Busse vorerst ein.

Die Nachrichten

Bei Rossmann entdeckt, dass es mittlerweile sogar ein Wacken-Parfüm gibt. 🙃

Habe den Tester ausprobiert. Es riecht aber nicht nach Festival-Toilette oder dem Geruch tagelang ungeduschter Metalfans. Enttäuschend.