I've just created this curated Spotify playlist list of SE Radio episodes on Architecture open.spotify.com/playlist/7GVD8…

In the past few years, I've worked on a short playbook to share my approach to running and growing an IT architecture practice in larger organizations such as AVIV Group. The draft of the playbook is available at grounded-architecture.io

I've updated my collections of knowledge resources at obren359.com with the most recent articles, podcasts, and videos from over 20 authoritative, high-quality sources.

The new version of my Chief Architect playbook is available at grounded-architecture.io

Many people are worried about ChatGPT and unsure how to protect their careers. But there is a simple solution to that problem: ask ChatGPT!

My reflection "LLMs, #ChatGPT and Evolution of Software Engineering: Three Patterns and Anti-Patterns" is available for free here: underhood.blog/chatgpt-se-evo…

Grady Booch (Grady Booch) is reading about AI, neuroscience, and what it means to be human and has generously shared his carefully curated reading list. To help navigate this list of 369 books, I've created a simple searchable visual index here obren.io/tools/booch-ai…

Thinking outside the boss:

So I was going to write about the trade-offs of serverless and Step Functions vs. monoliths and hand-built orchestrations and VMs... Never mind - everyone's an expert already since last week 🤣

This makes me sad: observablehq.com/@ayhanfuat/the…

My colleague Birgitta Böckeler has taken on the role of coordinating how Gen AI effects our software delivery practices. She's publishing her exploration in a series of memos. This first one looks at the toolchain: how tools help and where they come from. martinfowler.com/articles/explo…

The power of #platforms over traditional IT frameworks lies in the fact that they don't try to anticipate every use case. Leanpub.com/PlatformStrate… (coming soon)

I've been playing with the fascinating data from OpenCRE.org (a content-linking platform for uniting security standards and guidelines into one overview). I built a simple visual explorer of CRE taxonomy here zeljkoobrenovic.github.io/opencre-explor…

Get AI-ready: 📣 Use ISO/IEC 5338📣 to comply with the imminent AI Act. The Act requires you to apply the state of the art as reflected in standards. The 5338 covers how to design, build, validate, and manage AI systems. Do it. softwareimprovementgroup.com/iso-5338-get-t… #aistandard #aiact #euaiact

I've updated my curated collections of high-quality software engineering knowledge sources (120,000 resources from IEEE, ACM, GOTO Conferences, SE Radio...) obren.io/359 New collections: * Generative AI * Sustainability and Green IT

Much of the chatter about GenAI is writing new code, but that's a small part of our work. Adam Tornhill talks to me and my Thoughtworks colleagues about how AI can help with refactoring. thoughtworks.com/insights/podca…

Inspired by Cassie Kozyrkov Decision Intelligence resources, I wrote a short article on the human side of decision-making. The article explores biases, intuition, indecisiveness, and group dynamics, all illustrated with examples from #softwareengineering lnkd.in/eHmCEpgQ

During the summer break, I dedicated my time to enhancing and expanding my playbook on running and developing an IT architecture practice. The updated book is now freely accessible at grounded-architecture.io