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Nebu: Self-made sovereignty

There are plenty of open-source alternatives to Slack. None of them deliver real sovereignty. Community editions are deliberately pared down so no company can run them in production, while enterprise features sit behind commercial licenses. This article shows why “building it yourself” is no longer a utopian idea today, but a realistic option for anyone with a product vision and a bit of DIY courage.

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KI Features für Jira Data Center

Ein Rezept ohne Atlassian Cloud

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AI Features for Jira Data Center – No Atlassian Cloud Required

Our Digital Independence Day recipe for going off-cloud

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Spec-Driven Architecture: When Agents Build, Architecture Must Speak

Spec-Driven Development gives agents a clear foundation for implementation. What it doesn’t solve is how a portfolio of systems stays coherent. Spec-Driven Architecture applies the same principle at the architecture level, using contracts as versioned boundaries and guarantees—enforceable in agentic workflows and in the CI/CD pipeline.

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Let’s Not Normalize Insecure AI Assistants

AI assistants like OpenClaw promise convenience, autonomy, and increasingly personalized help. But beneath that promise lies an architecture that quietly combines private data, internet access, and exposure to untrusted content—the lethal trifecta of security risk. Sandboxing and physical isolation help, but they don’t address the core problem. As we add more capabilities, the potential blast radius only grows. This post is a case for slowing down, questioning defaults, and refusing to normalize insecure architectures.

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MCP Security

Sicherheitsrisiken beim Model Context Protocol

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AI and Elaboration: Which Coding Patterns Build Understanding?

AI tools let you complete coding tasks without connecting new information to your existing mental models—a cognitive process known as elaboration that is crucial for building understanding. But some AI interaction patterns preserve this elaboration while others bypass it entirely. Let’s explore what elaboration is, why it helps with learning, and how we can use AI tools in a way that helps with this process rather than circumventing it.

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Fetch-Tools vs. Browser-Rendering in Agenten-Setups

„Eine URL abrufen“ klingt trivial, kann aber innerhalb eines Agenten schnell chaotisch werden. Ein Teil der Verwirrung entsteht durch Dokumentation, die nicht sauber trennt, was die einzelnen Web-Tools eigentlich leisten.

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From Data Graveyards to Knowledge Landscapes

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AI — Behind the Buzzword Garbage

Tired of AI hype? Me too. But beneath the buzzwords lies real value for developers. Tools like Claude Code save me hours on routine tasks, freeing me to focus on what matters: understanding problems and building the right solutions. It’s not magic—it’s practical support that makes development faster without replacing our core skills.

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Asset Administration Shell und Model Context Protocol

Mit der zunehmenden Digitalisierung der Industrie rücken standardisierte Schnittstellen zur Beschreibung, Verwaltung und Nutzung digitaler Assets in den Fokus. Die Asset Administration Shell (AAS) gilt als Herzstück des digitalen Zwillings in der Industrie 4.0. Dieser Standard soll einen reibungslosen Austausch von Daten gewährleisten. Gleichzeitig entstehen mit Konzepten wie dem Model Context Protocol (MCP) neue, leichtgewichtige Ansätze, Kontextinformationen auszutauschen, die insbesondere für KI-Anwendungen hohe Attraktivität bieten. Beide Protokolle tauschen Daten aus, beide bieten eine gewisse Interoperabilität, beide haben die Möglichkeit, kontextabhängige Informationen auszutauschen. Doch stellt sich die Frage: Kann das einfache, schnelle MCP das schwergewichtigere AAS verdrängen? Oder bieten beide zusammen eine neue, synergetische Perspektive?

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MCP – Model Context Protocol

Der Universalstecker für KI-Modelle

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Beyond the hype: An engineer’s journey into ReBAC and AI with the Model Context Protocol

In this article, I share my experiences on my journey into the AI world. During this journey, we’ll build our own Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server using C Sharp, learn about access management with relationship based access control (ReBAC) on the way, and in the end I’ll provide my thoughts on the current state of AI and MCP, focusing on security and UX.

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Building Standardized AI Tools with the Model Context Protocol (MCP)

In this article, we’ll explore the integration of Large Language Models and systems built on top of them. The key concept in this space recently is the Model Context Protocol (MCP).