Today, my good friend Uli Hitzel from Singapore called me and jokingly—as an opening line—asked why I’m now cluttering up the internet with standard consultant clichés.
For a split second, I was actually stunned and felt the pressure to justify myself.
That was a good one, Uli—it really hit the mark. Hats off! And to be honest, it still works :)
Uli has known me for years and still uses some of my quotes in his workshops and stands up for me. Together with Brian Otten at Axway as Digital Catalysts, we tried to make the impossible possible—that forges a bond.
I’ve always been LOUD, and my statements have been BOLD. First, so that I can push the outer limits of development so far out that even coming halfway there is already a significant step forward—second, because it’s fun—and third, because I can :)
I’ve been actively working in furniture making, gardening, and home automation for years now.
AND NOT BECAUSE I stole silver spoons—but because companies have retreated to “operational excellence” since March 2020, and disruptors like me were suddenly left far behind. Anyone who asks why I didn’t become an enterprise architect during that time doesn’t know my rants about enterprise architecture’s strategies for avoiding change :) These are public knowledge, so I’m really out of the running for that role.
But Kay is Kay, after all, and can’t help but keep thinking ahead in these new fields.
Funnily enough, you only have to drop one letter from “API”—and you end up with “AI.”
The same (to put it mildly) nonsense that was once fed to me about API adoption is buzzing through the office hallways again (now without the “P”)—check out Luke 23:34
Such a deployment of new technology ALWAYS leads to a reproduction of the status quo PLUS the costs incurred by the new technology. Back then: Nonsense + API dollars—today: Nonsense + AI dollars
Folks, you’re in for a rough ride!
And YES, I want to shake you awake—and YES, I have a fantastic sparring partner in my AI to help me craft articles—and YES, I’m laughing myself half to death over the images my AI creates for my articles (at my behest)—and YES, the pace is BRUTAL—it all just has to come out now.
Back when I was starting out in IT, I helped develop the first natural-language avatar for Deutsche Bank’s SME portal at Absolute Software (shout-out to everyone there—I still love you all). During a demo on the fourth floor of our loft office at Hamburg’s Gaenseemarkt, the women had a blast chatting with Cor@—while the men turned it into a competition to trick her.
Yes, I, too, get bored with auto-generated AI content—extrapolated, polished, slick, bland, etc.
It reads as if someone had downed some benzodiazepines and was reading *Bambi* looking for his mom.
My articles and posts are 100% Kay, and I mean every word. I only ask for help with the structure, since I often lose my train of thought in the heat of the moment (as is probably the case in this post as well).
This post was handwritten.