Here, I share personal opinions, reflections on current events, and observations on political culture in its various forms—topics that are sometimes impossible to overlook. You’ll also find technical articles connected to my work, aimed at providing valuable insights into technical and organizational solutions, with a focus on sharing knowledge and fostering understanding.
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From the data centre to the palm of your hand
While the world is busy building enormous cloud infrastructures, Apple is betting on something radically different: bringing artificial intelligence directly to the palm of your hand. Listening to the legendary BlackBox podcast these days, I realised how, in recent years, we have arrived at what we saw two years ago in the automotive sector.Many years ago, it was clear that cars would be transformed into small data centres on four wheels.…
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Head in the clouds, hands on the stack
Open source in AI is therefore not an ideological choice, but an acceleration strategy.
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The Next Wave of the Smart City: Resilience, Openness, and the Connected Community
From Digitization to Transformation: Why Edge Intelligence, Open Source, and a New Culture of Cooperation are Future-Proofing European infrastructure.
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Reflections on the European Summit on Digital Sovereignty 2025
Attending the 2025 European Summit on Digital Sovereignty in Berlin offered a valuable insight into how Europe is redefining its digital priorities during a period of significant change. The discussions made it clear that the question of digital sovereignty is no longer theoretical; rather, it is a strategic necessity concerning competitiveness, security and technological independence. Against this backdrop, one announcement in particular stood out for its significance and scope. The Schwarz…
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Industrial PCs, IoT, Open Source & Resilience: Thriving in Disruption in Europe
Industrial PCs (IPCs) and IoT are no longer just hardware components, they have become foundational building blocks of architectures that combine openness, distributed intelligence, and strategic resilience. Insights from the European Resilience Summit (Berlin 2025) highlight how edge infrastructures can remain robust even in disruptive times. IPCs as the Technical Foundation of Edge Resilience IPCs serve as edge gateways that aggregate high-frequency data streams, run low-latency analytics, and maintain deterministic performance…
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Digitization Isn’t Enough: Rethink, Don’t Just Replicate
Whenever I hear companies say they’re “going digital,” I have to pause. What does that actually mean? More often than not, it’s a paper form turned into an online form. The process looks the same—only now it’s behind a screen. That’s… something. But is it transformation? Not really. True digital transformation isn’t about copying the old into the new. It’s about rethinking the process entirely. It’s asking: If we started fresh…
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Rethinking the smart city, part two: The Jevons Paradox
Have you ever heard of the Jevons Paradox?It’s an idea from economics with a surprising twist: when technology makes it easier and more efficient to use a resource, we often end up using more of it, not less. The classic example comes from the 19th century.When engineers improved the steam engine so it needed less coal per unit of power, everyone expected coal use to drop. Instead, the opposite happened—coal consumption…
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Rethinking the smart city: what I learned from my experience in Germany
The term “smart city” is everywhere, presented as a technological revolution that can solve every urban problem with the right combination of sensors, control panels, and algorithms.In reality, however, this concept can become an ideology that puts engineering ahead of architecture, urban planning, cultural values, and ethics, which should guide the way we design our cities. I have seen both the promise and the pitfalls with my own eyes.As Head of…