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Software Architecture Gathering @sagconference.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲: 𝗨𝘄𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗜 & 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 🎙️ In our latest #SAG2026 interview, @ufried.bsky.social talks about #AI, our computing dreams & why effectiveness, resilience and sustainability matter more than ever. Read the interview 👉️ t1p.de/g5pag #SAGconf #iSAQB

𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲: 𝗨𝘄𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗜, 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

i just released the 7th part of my "essence of architectural work" blog series, introducing the effect of decision uncertainty on architectural work (relevant for the *when* and *how much*). enjoy if you like ... ;) www.ufried.com/blog/essence...

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The essence of architectural work - Part 7

The impact of uncertainty

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

you can find the unabridged slide deck of my talk "von-neumann machines, dreams & the futures of IT", i gave at the developer summit in berlin today at speakerdeck.com/ufried/von-n.... it discusses some fundamental questions (re-)raised by AI. enjoy if you like ... ;)

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Von-Neumann Machines, Dreams & The Futures of IT

This talk is sort of a "food for thought" talk. It takes the effects, AI currently has on software development, and looks at them from a different angle…

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You’ve gotta use AI because it’s the future. But also it’ll take your job. But also it’ll create a paradise on earth and solve most of our problems. But also it’ll end humanity soon. But also you’ll get left behind if you don’t use it right now.

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

i just released the 6th part of my "essence of architectural work" blog series, completing the discussion of the *what*, the core activities of architectural work, using a (very) simple framework. enjoy if you like ... ;) www.ufried.com/blog/essence...

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The essence of architectural work - Part 6

The four activities of architectural work - Part 2

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

i just released the 5th part of my "essence of architectural work" blog series, this time beginning to discuss the "what", the core activities of architectural work using a simple framework. enjoy if you like ... ;) www.ufried.com/blog/essence...

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The essence of architectural work - Part 5

The four activities of architectural work - Part 1

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W-JAX | Community & Konferenzen @jaxkonferenz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🤖 Brauchen wir mit KI Architektur? @ufried.bsky.social zeigt: 🏗️ Architektur neu denken 🤝 KI gezielt einsetzen 🧠 Mensch bleibt gefragt 📅 Dienstag, 03.11.2026 | 🕒 12:00 - 13:00 Uhr | 📍 München 🔗 f.mtr.cool/jhmcajjxax #jaxcon

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Software Architecture Gathering @sagconference.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

𝗩𝗼𝗻-𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀, 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗧 – 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗨𝘄𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘀𝗲𝗻 🔮 What if the future of #SoftwareDevelopment isn't about software? @ufried.bsky.social explores how #AI could challenge decades-old assumptions about IT. 👉 t1p.de/h9zvw #SAG2026 #SAGconf

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

every time, i open any social media feed (which i do increasingly infrequently), "everybody screams" to the tune of "everybody hurts" by r.e.m. starts playing in my mind ... 🤷

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

i just released the 4th part of my "essence of architectural work" blog series, this time discussing the cognitive and the – usually massively underestimated and thus neglected – humane purpose of architectural work. enjoy if you like ... ;) www.ufried.com/blog/essence...

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The essence of architectural work - Part 4

The cognitive and the humane purpose of architectural work

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webinale @webinale.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🤖 What stays human in AI-driven engineering? @ufried.bsky.social, @smeyen.bsky.social & @mrdowden.com explore: 🧠 agility’s strange silence ⚙️ the software crisis 🚀 how AI changes engineering 🎧 Listen now: tinyurl.com/j95y6aef #webinale #AI #SoftwareEngineering

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

i just released the 3rd part of my "essence of architectural work" blog series, this time discussing the economic purpose of architectural work (spoiler: it is a bit more and trickier than many people think). enjoy if you like ... ;) www.ufried.com/blog/essence...

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The essence of architectural work - Part 3

The economic purpose of architectural work

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Software Architecture Summit @softwarearchsummit.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

KI beschleunigt. Aber hat sie die Softwarekrise gelöst? @ufried.bsky.social, @smeyen.bsky.social & @mrdowden.com im Podcast – direkt & unbequem. entwickler.de → 🎧 Zur Episode entwickler.de/reader/player/human-c… #SoftwareArchitecture #SoftwareDevelopment

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Berlin Expert Days @bedcon.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

🎟️ Der Early-Bird-Verkauf für die #BEDCon 2026 ist gestartet – und das Programm ist online! Themen • KI & Agentic Engineering • Cloud & Plattformen • Moderne Softwareentwicklung • Open Source • Softwarearchitektur Jetzt Early-Bird-Ticket sichern und das Programm entdecken: bed-con.org/2026/programm

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W-JAX | Community & Konferenzen @jaxkonferenz.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

⚠️ KI einführen ist leicht gesagt – aber viele Projekte laufen in dieselben Fallen. @ufried.bsky.social zeigt auf dem #EnterpriseAIDay der #jaxcon, welche 7 Fallstricke Unternehmen kennen sollten. 🔗 f.mtr.cool/xzjzrxmled #EnterpriseAI

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Prof. Dierk König @dierk-koenig.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

AI fallacies: underestimating the costs of silent resignation. dierk.github.io/Home/AiResig...

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AI Resignation

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

i released the 2nd post of my "essential architectural work" series, this time discussing several widespread detrimental anti-patterns that are found much more often in environments where the purpose of architectural work is not known. enjoy if you like ... ;) www.ufried.com/blog/essence...

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The essence of architectural work - Part 2

Architectural anti-patterns

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W-JAX | Community & Konferenzen @jaxkonferenz.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

🎥 Digitale Souveränität – was heißt das wirklich im produktiven Betrieb? @ufried.bsky.social, Sandra Parsick & Torsten Bøgh Köster diskutieren auf der #jaxcon über Open Source, Cloud-Abhängigkeit, Kubernetes, IaC, DevEx & geopolitische Risiken. 👉 youtu.be/8B4Hn7Vc3SI

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 26/05/2026

When I woke up this morning I didn't think I'd be spending a bunch of time today getting familiar with Catholic theology, but here we are. Notes on Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on AI. simonwillison.net/2026/May/25/...

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A few notes on Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on AI

Dropped this morning by the Vatican: Magnifica Humanitas of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence. This is a very interesting …

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

started a new blog series discussing the fundamentals of architectural work, why it's needed, what it is, etc., things we have forgotten while debating the how only. without understanding them, we run blind, without purpose and direction. enjoy if you like ... ;) www.ufried.com/blog/essence...

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The essence of architectural work - Part 1

The why, what, when, and how much of architectural work

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 13/05/2026

This "Unethical Guide to Surviving AI Layoffs" by Mo Bitar perfectly captures the current moment www.tiktok.com/@atmoio/vide...

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Turtleneck optional but highly recommended. #ai #chatgpt #tech #bigtech #job

TikTok video by Mo Bitar

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

You can find the slides of my JAX 2026 talk "Forget technical debt" at speakerdeck.com/ufried/forge.... The deck discusses why it is not enough to look at technical debt in isolation and discusses some other options to affect it. enjoy if you like ... ;)

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Forget technical debt

This slide deck takes a broader look at the topic of technical debt. It starts with a brief look at why software engineers care about technical debt and…

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

You can find the (unabridged) slide deck of my JAX 2026 talk "The 7 pitfalls of AI" at speakerdeck.com/ufried/the-7.... The deck discusses some questions, we still need to answer if we want to use AI at scale in a sustainable manner. enjoy if you like ... ;)

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The 7 pitfalls of AI

This slide deck discusses some of the open question that the massive AI push still left unanswered. It starts with a little glimpse at the market mechan…

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Kent Beck @kentbeck.com · 01/05/2026

AI tools don't muddle along with us. They fall below muddling, plausible deniability disguised as code. Low features, low flexibility, complexity stacking until even the genie gives up.

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Genie Tarpit

Genies give you code that’s a degraded facsimile of the mediocre code it trained on.

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

the interview was in november which means, i do not have the slightest idea anymore what i said back then ... :D i hope it makes sense ... at least ... well ... somehow ... :) anyway, enjoy if you like ... ;)

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

the current state of ai-based software engineering in a nutshell – as it is advertised by the big ai companies and investors, and picked up eagerly by too many IT decision makers: inhumane, not sustainable and prone to lead to very unpleasant surprises in production ...

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

companies talk a lot about "generalists" and "polymaths" in the context of ai but their job ads still reflect the opposite. and according to some friends who just changed jobs, they definitely filter out anyone with a hint of generalist during their interviews. /1

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Almost reading the greats. (my latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books)

Title: Almost reading the greats

Panel one:
A figure in a bookshop holds a thick book.
Caption: I select the first volume of a vast biography of an important american. I appreciate its scholarship and heft. I put it down and pick up something short and funny.

Panel two:
A figure in a bookshop holds a thick book.
Caption: I shiver as the new translation of a russian masterpiece transports Me to the awesome silence of a wintry night on the steode with the exquisite picture on its cover.

Panel Three:
A figure in a bookshop holds a thick book.
Caption: I am moved close to tears as I hold the complete works of a great poet and marvel at the beauty and truth that I would find if I ever got round to reading it.

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

i just released a new blog post discussing two observations that become very apparent in the light of AI about how we make our own lives rather more more painful than needed: www.ufried.com/blog/worst_e.... enjoy if you like ... ;)

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We are our own worst enemies

How we make our lives unnecessarily harder

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Prof. Dierk König @dierk-koenig.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Informatik Bildung (in Zeiten von KI) dierk.github.io/Home/Informa...

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Informatik Bildung

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 24/04/2026

OK this piece by @reckless.bsky.social about why AI is unpopular among most people (anyone who's not inflicted with "software brain") is just solid gold from start to finish

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

is it just me or do you also get the "oops. something went wrong" page at linkedin regularly if you try to do something that is not just reading your feed? at least for me it feels as if linkedin's system quality went significantly down in the recent weeks.

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I released a new blog post discussing two fundamental questions AI asks us in software development, titled "It has never been about code" and "Does it always have to be software?" Enjoy if you like ... ;) www.ufried.com/blog/never_b...

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It has never been about code

AI asking fundamental questions

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

i released a new blog post discussing the increasing importance of resilience as ai taking over software development starts to increase rigidity and fragility in most companies. enjoy if you like ... ;) www.ufried.com/blog/in_sear...

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In search of resilience

Why we need resilience more than ever

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Adaptive Organizations meet Architecture @aomaconf.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Next week. Final chance. Agile meets Architecture 2026 starts in 7 days. 28+ sessions. Interactive AMAs. Unconference format. Practitioners sharing real solutions. After this week, it's too late. Final seats available. Book now: pretix.eu/AmA/2026/ March 10–11, Berlin

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

just read in a client document: "with ai, we have to focus on value, e.g., features delivered". well, a feature delivered is _not_ value. it is just output. it only becomes value if the user accepts it (and is willing to use/pay for it). 1/2

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

i released a new blog post discussing why you are not "left behind" if you do not become an AI-based software development expert right now, but still need to learn AI-based software development. sounds paradoxical? yes, the world sometimes is ;) enjoy if you like ;) www.ufried.com/blog/not_lef...

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You are not left behind

Reassessing a fear-mongering phrase

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I released a new blog post, discussing the concept of "technical debt", how it is about much more than technical debt alone, what we actually try to achieve – resulting in an extensive graph of detrimental drivers we need to consider. enjoy if you like ... ;) www.ufried.com/blog/forget_...

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Forget technical debt

Revisiting a seemingly self-evident term

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Adaptive Organizations meet Architecture @aomaconf.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

➕ We solve problems by adding, not subtracting—even when subtracting is better. @ufried.bsky.social : "The addition bias quandary" We drown in complexity. Yet we keep adding more.

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

i released a new blog post discussing that based on scientific research we default to add things when solving problems instead of subtracting things, what it means for us and IT in general. enjoy if you like ... ;) www.ufried.com/blog/additio...

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We default to addition

A cognitive bias getting in our way

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 08/01/2026

I joined the Oxide and Friends annual predictions podcast episode this week - here are my 1, 3 and 6 year predictions for AI and LLMs (and Kākāpō parrots) simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/8/l...

1 year: It will become undeniable that LLMs write good code
1 year: We’re finally going to solve sandboxing
1 year: A “Challenger disaster” for coding agent security
1 year: Kākāpō parrots will have an outstanding breeding season
3 years: the coding agents Jevons paradox for software engineering will resolve, one way or the other
3 years: Someone will build a new browser using mainly AI-assisted coding and it won’t even be a surprise
6 years: Typing code by hand will go the way of punch cards

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 31/12/2025

"The Human's world ends soon," said the cat. "Again?" said the dog. "They are fond of endings and beginnings. Even if nothing changes." The dog whined. "Same procedure as last year?" said the cat. "Please." The cat lay on the dog's head and purred, muffling the fireworks. #CrossRepost

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Ben Evans @ogkittylyst.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Rich Hickey with the best #AI take of 2026 so far - gist.github.com/richhickey/e...

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Thanks AI!

Thanks AI! GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

i just released the 2nd (and last) blog post discussing the well-known paper "the ironies of automation" and what its findings mean for the current agentic ai automation move (spoiler: some more questions we still need to take care of). enjoy if you like ... ;) www.ufried.com/blog/ironies...

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AI and the ironies of automation - Part 2

Some (well-known) consequences of AI automating work

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 07/12/2025

I thoroughly recommend reading all of Cory Doctorow's recent speech on AI skepticism, it's crammed with new arguments and interesting new ways of thinking about these problems pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...

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Pluralistic: The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (05 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Uwe Friedrichsen @ufried.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

the recording of my talk "simplify! 10 ways to reduce complexity in software development" from code.talks 2025 is live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psx6... the unabridged slide deck is available at: speakerdeck.com/ufried/simpl... enjoy if you like ... ;)

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Simplify! 10 ways to reduce complexity in software development - Uwe Friedrichsen | code.talks 2025

YouTube video by code.talks (ehem. Developer Conference)

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Eoin Woods @eoinwoods.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Final reminder! If you've got a software architecture practice story we'd love to hear it at ICSA 2026 next summer. Abstracts due this Friday (28/Nov) and submissions (paper or presentation) the following Friday (5/Dec). conf.researchr.org/track/icsa-2... #icsa2026 #softwarearchitecture

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ICSA 2026 - Software Architecture in Practice - ICSA 2026

The International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA) is the premier venue for practitioners and researchers interested in software architecture, in component-based software engineering and in ...

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