Hi, I'm Oliver Wehrens.
For over 20 years I shaped Technology & Product in companies ranging from startups to major cooperations.
I started my career in software engineering and moved to technology leadership in roles like
Head of Architecture, CTO and VP Engineering. I transform technology and shape cultural changes in organizations.
I am a proponent of the fact that every change in technology, product and organisation triggers a change in the other areas.
Beyond that, I like to share my expertise and learnings at the
Mentoring Club as well
as in articles here.
Enjoy
Publications
Using AI and Model Context Protocol to create more usable Jira Tickets
Using AI and Model Context Protocol to create more usable Jira Tickets How many Jira tickets have you seen which are just one line of description? Fear no more. Your friendly AI will help you. (More AI slop?)
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iOS Development Setup with Cursor AI
iOS Development Setup with Cursor AI How to setup Cursor AI for iOS Development.
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The return of product and requirements development. Writing software without being a developer.
The return of product and requirements development. Writing software without being a developer. I do not know Swift nor iOS Development. Yet, I wrote a fully fledged Podcast Player for iOS in 3 hours.
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Running Deepseek 671B Model on a PC locally
Running Deepseek 671B Model on a PC locally You can now run the 671B model of DeepSeek locally thanks to unsloth.
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The Pivotal Role of Tech Leadership in Overseeing the Big Picture
The Pivotal Role of Tech Leadership in Overseeing the Big Picture What does it mean to take care of the Big Picture? What are your responsibilities?
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Reporting on a big waterscrum project
Reporting on a big waterscrum project Learn how I managed to report a 100 agile developer company into a big corporate strategic project, how we measured progress and met the deadline.
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Fuckup: Goodhart's Law in practice - tie a metric to a bonus
Fuckup: Goodhart's Law in practice - tie a metric to a bonus We had good intentions of increasing the quality of the code base. Well ...
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Fuckup: Programming Languages and Organizations
Fuckup: Programming Languages and Organizations How not to deal with programming languages introduced by developers.
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Clean code ... should you DRY?
Clean code ... should you DRY? Don't repeat yourself. This is a core principle of programming. Right? Or? Why not?
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Why you need a macro architecture
Why you need a macro architecture What is a macro architecture and what is important?
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