Uwe Friedrichsen

i released a new blog post about the omnipresent striving after error-free, "software-like" AI solutions, the limits and dangers of this approach, and what we can learn from resilient software design about robustness as a better alternative. enjoy if you like ... ;) www.ufried.com/blog/buildin...

𝟭𝟬 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝟭𝟬 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀. 𝗦𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀! 🤩 THANK YOU to our #SAG2026 speakers: @sarahjwells.bsky.social, Aino Vonge Corry, Mark Richards, Murat Erder, Radia Perlman, @nealford.bsky.social, @ufried.bsky.social, @nativewired.com, @bjschrijver.dev & Louise Humpington 👉️ t1p.de/l3nar

you can find the slides of my #bedcon talk "essential architectural thinking" at: speakerdeck.com/ufried/essen... it is basically the slide version of my current blog series "The essence of architectural work": www.ufried.com/blog/essence... enjoy if you like ... :)

you can find the slides of the (significantly) revised edition of my talk "the seven pitfalls of AI", held at the #compass conference today at speakerdeck.com/ufried/the-s.... enjoy if you like ... ;)

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

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...

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 ... ;)

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.

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...

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...

🤖 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 🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/jhmcajjxax #jaxcon

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

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 ... 🤷

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...

🤖 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: https://tinyurl.com/j95y6aef #webinale #AI #SoftwareEngineering

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...

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

🎟️ 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

⚠️ 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. 🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/xzjzrxmled #EnterpriseAI

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

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...

🎥 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. 👉 https://youtu.be/8B4Hn7Vc3SI

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/...

if michael nygard writes, it is always worth reading: www.michaelnygard.com/blog/2026/05... (an imo very interesting take on how ai-based coding may influence software architecture)

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...

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

food for thought: berthub.eu/articles/pos...

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 ... ;)

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 ... ;)

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.

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 ... ;)

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 ...

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

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 ... ;)

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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

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...

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_...

➕ 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.

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...

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...