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Reality check

When real life collides with theory, frameworks, slides, and wishful thinking. Stories from the impact zone.

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Before It Had a Name

20 July 2026

Two students. A floppy disk. Weekly progress. Years later, people would call it “agile”. Back then, it just felt like the most natural way to build something.

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When Agile Transformations and Software Projects Fail, It’s Often for the Same Reason

15 June 2026

The problem is rarely that things are adapted poorly. It’s that the wrong things are protected too well.

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The Feature Nobody Asked For

1 June 2026

The application the world hadn’t seen… and didn’t want to see.

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Ownership Is a Risk, Not a Virtue

18 May 2026

Ownership is easiest to demand when you don’t have to live where the consequences land.

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When Language Lies — Even If Nobody Does

11 May 2026

When people say “yes”, it rarely means what we think it means. Not because they’re lying — but because saying “no” is often the riskier option.

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The Product Owner Should Come from Business

23 April 2026

A real project, a familiar assumption, and why “coming from business” is a much riskier answer than it sounds.

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How This Blog Almost Didn't Happen

13 April 2026

Why this blog took years to go live — a story of stops, shifts, and re-prioritization.

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