Mastodawn

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.

Daniel Westheide May 6

INNOQ May 6

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Daniel Westheide May 1

@odrotbohm @innoq Yep. Unfortunately that second step often never happens or is just a tiny step forward.

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Daniel Westheide Apr 30

@curious_reader2501 Hey, Andreas! Nein, seine Posts habe ich nicht gesehen. In welche Richtungen gehen sie denn?

Daniel Westheide Apr 30

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.

Daniel Westheide Apr 8

INNOQ Apr 7

⚙️ 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/

Daniel Westheide Apr 1

Der #ChiefSlopOfficer führt lateral.

https://chiefslopofficer.de/posts/laterales-fuehren/

Laterales Führen · Chief Slop Officer

Tägliche Einblicke eines Vordenkers. Disruptrs. Thought Leaders.

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Daniel Westheide Apr 1

@eikelang That’s probably true. Ho early when we collaborated remotely we mostly did so by just screen sharing in Zoom. The JetBrains announcement was still a trigger for me to think about how the emergence of coding assistants changed how we collaborate. 😊

Daniel Westheide Mar 31

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

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Daniel Westheide Mar 31

@cgmelch Danke! :) Ich hoffe du liest trotzdem noch weiter, ich habe nämlich noch einige nette Posts in der Hinterhand. :D