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Thoughts, experience and perspectives on UX design, digital products, product leadership, AI, platforms and technology — from current hands-on work to an archive spanning almost ten years.

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Latest Articles.

Current perspectives on product leadership, UX, engineering and digital product development.

What Product, Engineering and UX Can Learn from Navy SEALs About Adaptability, Ownership and Reliable Delivery

Product Leadership · Teams · Delivery

What Product, Engineering and UX Can Learn from Navy SEALs About Adaptability, Ownership and Reliable Delivery

2026 · 16 min read

What Product, Engineering and UX teams can learn from special operations about adaptability, ownership, risk and reliable delivery.

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Software Is the New Driving Experience: How Poor UX Holds Back the VW ID. Buzz

Automotive UX · Software

Software Is the New Driving Experience: How Poor UX Holds Back the VW ID. Buzz

2026 · 14 min read

My experience with software, infotainment and controls in the VW ID. Buzz — and why small UX issues shape the entire customer experience.

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UX Designers Spend Too Much Time in Figma — and Too Little in Their Own Product

UX Design · Product Design

UX Designers Spend Too Much Time in Figma — and Too Little in Their Own Product

2026 · 13 min read

Why UX designers should use their own product intensively — and how heavy use reveals friction that remains invisible in Figma.

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Article Archive.

From product strategy and UX research to SaaS, AI and frontend technology.

AI · Content · external

AI Avatars as a Game Changer for Content Creation

2024 · 4 min read

An assessment of Synthesia and HeyGen, plus an outlook on trends in digital communication.

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SaaS · Product · external

B2B SaaS Projects with Potential

2024 · 5 min read

Where companies increasingly rely on SaaS solutions to digitize processes.

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Product · Platforms · external

Niche Dating Apps on the Rise

2023 · 4 min read

Why clearly positioned niche dating platforms can grow and which target groups remain underserved.

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UX Research · external

User Research: An Overview of Methods

2023 · 5 min read

Which research methods are available and how companies can embed user research in their product process for the long term.

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Mobile · Delivery · external

Accelerating a Mobile App Rollout

2021 · 3 min read

Five practical levers for making a mobile app rollout faster and smoother.

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UX Design · external

A New UX for Push Notifications

2021 · 4 min read

How a redesigned notification experience can increase engagement in a social dating app.

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AI · Health · external

Mina — an AI Chatbot for Mental Health

2020 · 5 min read

The story behind an AI-based chatbot and the specific challenges of this field.

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Technology · CMS · external

Is Strapi Ready for the Mainstream?

2020 · 4 min read

An assessment of the headless CMS Strapi and where it truly makes sense.

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3D · Product · external

3D Configurator for Franke Water Systems

2019 · 6 min read

How an international 3D product configurator was created — process, technology choices and lessons learned.

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Agile · Delivery · external

Scrum: Agile Project Management

2018 · 4 min read

Agile methods for iterative product development and more efficient team collaboration.

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Technology · Frontend · external

Angular vs. React

2018 · 5 min read

A look at components, templates, data binding, performance and the ecosystems of both frameworks.

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Technology · Frontend · external

Frontend Development: Today’s Tools vs. 2007

2017 · 6 min read

A look back at frontend development — modern tools compared with 2007.

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Press.

Interviews and contributions on AI, digital work models and responsible product development.

Press · external

Mac Life — “ChatGPT Cannot Replace Therapists Yet”

Perspectives on AI in healthcare, the limits of digital support and responsible product development.

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Press · external

WirtschaftsWoche — Digital Work Models and Remote Collaboration

Insights into modern work models, distributed teams and digital organizational structures.

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Press · external

Handelsblatt — AI Chatbots in Coaching and Therapy

Use cases, opportunities and limitations of AI-based chatbots in sensitive consulting and coaching contexts.

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Podcasts.

Conversations about AI, mental health, remote work and entrepreneurial product work.

Podcast · external

AI to I — Episode 2: Therapy and Mental Health

AI as a therapist: insights into the development of AI-supported mental-health applications such as Mina. Spotify, Januaryy 2025.

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Podcast · external

Recruiting Your Ideal Employees — Remote Work & Entrepreneurial Freedom

A conversation about remote work, distributed teams and entrepreneurial freedom in agency life. Pocket Casts, July 2022.

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