Blog.
My musings on anything from leadership to technology to entrepreneurship and back.
Building a Space Invaders Easter Egg With Claude Code
How a single prompt turned into a fully playable Space Invaders game hidden on my homepage -- built entirely by Claude Code in three iterations. A practical look at AI-assisted creative coding.
AI Predictions
My predictions on how AI will reshape software engineering teams, code quality, and the industry at large.
When Should You Hire an Interim CTO?
When does hiring an Interim or Fractional CTO make sense? Seven real scenarios where temporary technology leadership delivers outsized value -- from leadership gaps to PE post-acquisition execution.
World's Smallest Java Framework
The story of NinjaX: from a full-featured Java web framework to a dependency-free core that fits in 96KB.
Java’s HttpServer for fun and profit
Is the JDK-supplied HttpServer able to compete with Jetty? And can we use it for production workloads and reduce our attack surface for supply chain attacks? Let’s explore…
How AI Is Changing Engineering Teams in 2026
Practical lessons from introducing AI-accelerated engineering in real companies. How agentic coding, automated testing, and AI-driven migration are changing how software gets built -- and what leadership needs to do differently.
Java in 2026
Let's check out how Java evolved. What's great - and what is missing in 2026
Tech Due Diligence: A CTO's Perspective
A practical guide to technology due diligence for PE and VC investors. What to assess, how to structure the process, and how to turn findings into a value creation roadmap -- from a CTO who has been on both sides.
Tech Debt Kills
Tech debt doesn’t just slow you down a bit. Left unchecked, it compounds until your company grinds to a halt. Let's check out why that happens and how to deal with it.
Popular Programming Languages
Where do you check which programming language might fit a certain challenge? Which languages are widely used? And where is talent available?
