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Sometimes I have opinions on things, sometimes I write them down too.

• July 11, 2025

  Monopoly money and the payroll fallacy

  One of the biggest system shocks I experienced when I started out working as a software engineer and consultant was the silly number of trailing zeroes you see every time money is involved. I remember picking the cheapest ticket options on inconvenient flights in order to save the company a few…

• May 27, 2025

  A beautiful city that nobody wants to live in

  When I was a student I shared an apartment with one of my closest friends, who has a degree in city planning. You'd never know it, but it's amazing how many thunderous 4 AM speeches on why Brasilia sucks and Jan Gehl is the second coming of Jesus Christ you can fit into a 3-year period when you comb...

• July 3, 2024

  How I survived my first encounter with conference speaking

  This year I spoke at a conference for the first time. This is the story of how I survived that experience. Ok, well, by the time I'm writing this blog post I've technically spoken twice (at Booster and NDC Oslo), but I've decided to combine them as a sort of frankenexperience. I held the same talk a...