General

ChatGPT already knows - Part 1

Disrupting the role of the software engineer

Uwe Friedrichsen

13 minute read

A green snake curled up on a branch

At the moment, we see a lot of discussions revolving ChatGPT and other modern AI tools like, e.g., GitHub Copilot. Many managers praise them as the new silver bullet to beat the (often self-made) skills shortage that will make software developers redundant while driving software development efficiency to unprecedented heights.

Watch your time - Part 2

Protect your most precious resource

Uwe Friedrichsen

12 minute read

Sheep grazing on a dike

In the previous post, we identified time as our most precious resource. We saw that we are always confronted with a lot of tasks and expectations of other people. We also discussed that quite some of them turn out not to have any value for us or other people we care about. I call such tasks time killers.

Watch your time - Part 1

Protect your most precious resource

Uwe Friedrichsen

10 minute read

Wall with several cuckoo clocks (seen in a hotel lobby in southern Germany)

This is my 100th blog post and the first post, I release in 2023. I would like to use this post to write about something more general for a change. I would like to write about time.

Keeping the balance

The dangers of extreme positions

Uwe Friedrichsen

13 minute read

Figurine(s) seen at a garden market

In this last post before the end of the year 2022, I would like to discuss a bit more general topic. I would like to discuss the problems of extreme positions in IT, why they are so popular – and why they are so harmful.