Invited to a "Super Bowl Watch Party" by our new VP of Marketing from Chicago. He was hyping up the event. "Lars! It's the biggest show on earth! $7 million commercials!" I declined immediately. "I will be watching the Faustball (Fistball) District League Final recorded on a

American founders showing off their GDPR certificates after a successful audit.

I just watched the Superbowl half time show. An amazing European victory. I had subtitles on and all this guy is saying is how great European regulation and compliance is!

Starlink tried to donate 20 Satellite Terminals to my daughter's Gymnasium. To promote "Global Connectivity" and "STEM Education." As head of the Parent Council I called an emergency meeting. "These dishes do not meet the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (EMC)

I met an American VC from Silicon Valley this morning. He was practically vibrating with excitement. "Lars," he said. "We are funding the ultimate Moonshot. Neuralink. Brain-Computer Interfaces." "We are going to merge the human cortex with the cloud! Telepathy! Total recall!

I attended my nephew’s birthday. Balloons. Sugar. Chaos. A parent lifted their phone and said, “Smile for the camera.” I did not. “Where will this photo be stored.” “Which cloud.” “Which jurisdiction.” She blinked. “It’s just Instagram.” I exhaled. “Instagram is not

My son is watching his first Winter Olympics in our Brussels townhouse. He said, “Dad, why don’t both teams just ask AI to build the optimal training strategy, and vibe code an app to track their goals?” I corrected him. “It is Dr. Lars.” He sighed. “Dr. Lars, it would be so

Many individuals are afraid to get “framemogged” and therefore share sensitive data of their (legal) framework. Please stay strong, compliancemaxx and due-diligincermaxx . As soon as the GDPR auditor tries to checkboxmogg you, you will not regret it.

I was in my Brussels townhouse when Germany delivered one of my favorite Compliance Victories. A small website owner called me in a panic. “Lars, I got a letter from a lawyer.” I corrected him. “It is Dr. Lars.” He continued anyway. “They want €170. Or €300. Because my

Visited a "24h Hackathon" in Berlin last night. It was 22:15. The air smelled of stale pizza and "disruption." Three founders were huddled around a monitor. Coding. Red Bull cans everywhere. I approached the desk. "Excuse me," I interrupted. "Who is the Shift Supervisor?"

It was last night. 22:45. Scheduled intimacy time with my wife. She reached into the nightstand drawer. A single-use latex item. I froze. "Stop," I whispered. "Put that away." "Doc Lars, what is it now?" she sighed. "We are a Green Household," I stated firmly. "We respect

I met a "10x Founder" from San Francisco this morning. He was wearing a Patagonia vest and looked sleep-deprived. "Lars," he asked. "Why are you still typing manually? Why aren't you using OpenClaw?" "It works on its own and is 10x faster than humans," he bragged. "First of

A Junior Developer ran up to my desk this morning. He was vibrating with excitement. "Lars! I just switched our entire backend to DeepSeek-R1." "It’s 95% cheaper than OpenAI! It writes better code! We are going to save thousands!" I looked up from my compliant Excel 98

Another example of Europe being 10 steps ahead of America. We are winning. Amazing framework, amazing policy effort. Without it AI would simply be untamed and founders wouldn’t know what to do.

Startup founders looking at me when I ask for GDPR compliance audit logs.

Flying from New York to Munich this morning. The pilot made an announcement. "Ladies and gentlemen, we are proud to activate our new Starlink High-Speed Wi-Fi." The American sitting next to me wearing a backward baseball cap immediately opened his laptop, started “building”,

I was attempting to log into a new American SaaS platform this morning. Before I could access my dashboard, the screen blurred. A 3x3 grid of low-resolution photographs appeared. The prompt read: "Select all squares containing crosswalks to prove you are human." I froze. This

I was on a grounded Lufthansa flight in Munich. A blizzard had closed the airport. We were parked on the tarmac for six hours. The American tourist next to me finally lost his mind. "This is a kidnapping!" he yelled. "Why can't they just get a bus? Or open the doors and let us