It is a bit sad that he is leaving In Our Time, but I enjoyed the interview with Melvyn Bragg. The blog post about curiosity as a leader is short and great. Leadership Should you include engineers in your leadership meetings? - interesting idea, not really in my area at the moment. Curiosity is the first-step in problem solving - I think curiosity is always a good place to start from. ...

This week I enjoyed the podcast about Venezuela, the blog post about asking, and the one from Lara Hogan about employees getting stuck. Leadership How can we make asking easier? - if you want public question, you have to make it safe, otherwise accept private ones. Creating momentum when an employee is stuck - this was more helpful than I expected :-) I’m Going to Dig a Hole - sometimes you have to let people do stupid things. ...

Like a lot of Europeans, I realise that the US isn't a reliable partner anymore. I am just talking about myself here, and not my employer, or my family. I do use a lot of services that are based in the US, and some I will probably not migrate in the near future. But when I receive a bill, it is a good moment to consider if it is a candidate for migration. ...

This week I enjoyed the podcast about Godbolt’s Rule and the one with Sir Tim Berners-Lee. You might notice more podcasts this week. Something went wrong with my link collection system recently. I am also moving the blog … more things will go wrong. Leadership Stop Picking Sides: Manage the Tension Between Adaptation and Optimization - nicely put. It’s similar to the creation vs maintenance tension. ...

First round of links for 2026. Everything is bad, so have some links to cheer you up. I really liked the article about visibility, the one about Friday deploys, and sitting alone in a café … which I can relate to. I am a big fan of Bill Nighy’s podcast, that certainly will improve your mood. For some reason, the random section is full of cassette tape related links. ...