Posts in work
Hopes for new IT compliance
- 11 May 2026
I recently saw that due to “organizational change”, our small-scale development IT compliance process is changing. As usual for these matters at my organization, security by obscurity is the rule (even when it’s not security related), so I won’t go into the details. But I do have thoughts, and writing lets me give suggestions.
The platform compliance pitfall
- 09 May 2026
Roads don’t have to accept responsibility of who drives on them. There are some standards for being safe, though. Imagine how much all construction would get slowed down if it gets bogged down in administartive work looking in detail about who goes over the road?
Book review: First, break all the rules
- 26 April 2026
I recently read the book First, break all the rules, based on seeing it referred to in another source. It is one of these things about management, and I hoped to learn something that would help me in my job. It seemed to be a bit more practical and useful than some management books, and it was roughly true.
Manifesto on university IT departments
- 10 March 2026
Alternative title: Challenging patterns with university IT for research
