Software Development

Norway's sports system, Brailsford's marginal gains, and Kaizen and Agile methods show how change management succeeds: motivation, interdisciplinary thinking, and small continuous improvements lead to …...

How simulated Sprint overruns, cancellation gates, and budget pressure expose hidden development cost — and why the cheapest feature can carry the steepest relative risk.

A practical look at portfolio risk for software backlogs: the four risk layers — development, market, component, global — and what happens to business value when each one fires.

Business Value Floor 95 for software projects: the 5th percentile of simulated outcomes. Value at Risk reframed as reliably achievable value.

FHS is a small Python library that simulates 10,000 futures per feature hypothesis so Product Owners can prioritise on a numerical decision basis — expected value, Business Value Floor 95, worst case, …...

I had the opportunity to participate in the Microsoft AI Tour, and it was exciting to see firsthand the experiences shared from real-life projects, particularly the Zava demo project. Microsoft AI …...

This summer, I embarked on a journey to revise the layout of my blog. An update to my Hugo theme customization led to a significant increase in the complexity of the CSS structure. As a result, I …...

Insights from Developer Summit 2025 in Berlin: DDD, legacy modernization, responsible architecture and AI.

Karabiner Elements makes switching between Mac and Windows environments incredibly easy and is a preferred tool for long coding sessions.

I had the opportunity to participate in Data in Motion Day 2024 in Frankfurt, analyzing stream processing from a business analysis and enterprise architecture perspective. One of my primary takeaways …...

Software architecture documentation importance analyzed through historical perspective. Business analysis of knowledge preservation by Stefan Zils.

A Java Software Development Conference Javaland Nürburgring (Eifel), 2024 In April, the German Java conference took place at the Nürburgring. It was a new and great experience. It was the first time …...

Why Hugo? The decision to switch from WordPress to a static website engine like Hugo was easy. Once, my provider complained about the version of PHP and wanted to charge me extra for running an older …...

In Part I, Google Bard describes Kaisersesch as a romantic medieval town. Kaisersesch itself was not such a place in the 1930s. The French king Louis XIV’s army destroyed Kaisersesch during the …...

Please consider that Microsoft Copilot is at the beginning. I used the Microsoft Copliot with maximum accuracy. Question Please generate a blog about the history of Kaisersesch and its architecture. …...

Please consider that Google Bard is in the experimental phase! Google Bard always generates three proposals. Question Please generate a blog about the history of Kaisersesch and its architecture. …...

Question Please generate a blog about the history of Kaisersesch and its architecture. ChatGPT 3.5 Unveiling the Timeless Beauty: A Journey Through Kaisersesch’s Architectural Heritage Nestled …...

Use Case Where are you from? We hear this question often, every day. I usually answer the question with the close cities of Koblenz (Rhine), the Roman city of Trier or the Nürburgring, the vulcano …...

I want to end the year with an article on generative AI (genAI). Although the algorithms and methods are already decades old, 2023 is when the impressive possibilities have reached the masses. …...

Protect your Network with Pi-Hole The Pi-hole® project is a DNS sinkhole that protects your devices from unwanted content without installing any client-side software. The project can use as an ad …...

For new set-ups, Linux developments and test environments were Docker or OracleVirtual Box top choices. To test container systems like Docker or container orchestration like Kubernetes, it makes much …...

Microservices architecture basics guide by Stefan Zils, Software Architect. Enterprise architecture patterns for scalable business applications.

Computervision Pipeline - Intel NC2 Gaze Control is a Pyhton project at the Udacity Nanodegree Intel Edge AI for IoT Developer.

Book review Must-Read/Hear

Nextcloud on Rasberry Pi

Podcast Hint Fascinated about IMPACT_TALK Podcast. Topics are Circular Economy, Hydrogen, and Start-Ups. In my opinion, DLT systems (blockchain) can solve many problems of the circular economy. E.g., …...

Block52 is one of mine favorites podcast around the blockchain community. Every podcast covers exciting and fascinating topics from finance and industry. Experts like Katharina Gehra, Prof. Dr. …...

Blockchain Revolution in Financial Services Courses

A book about DLT

Arc42 software architecture documentation framework review by Stefan Zils, Software Architect at Eifel42.dev. Essential for enterprise architecture and requirements analysis.

Star Notary Service allows you to create stars with coordinates in the Ethereum Blockchain to save. Arc42 (DE) documentation.

Star Notary Service allows you to create stars with coordinates in the Ethereum Blockchain to save.

A Ledger in Javascript

Software Architecture analysis of blockchain technology for enterprise systems. Business analysis perspective on DLT implementation by Stefan Zils, Eifel42.dev

Ethereum Dapp example. It illustrates the supply chain from the farmer to the customer as a smart contract.