Nicklas K. Frank https://monori.dk Practical writing about software engineering, technical leadership, teams, trust, and technology. en Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Born without a street]]> https://monori.dk/blog/experience/born-without-a-street https://monori.dk/blog/experience/born-without-a-street Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Experience <![CDATA[Architecture without phases is just a diagram]]> https://monori.dk/blog/engineering/architecture-without-phases-is-just-a-diagram https://monori.dk/blog/engineering/architecture-without-phases-is-just-a-diagram Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Engineering <![CDATA[What a strange correlation can and can't tell you]]> https://monori.dk/blog/experience/data-is-hiding-patterns-everywhere https://monori.dk/blog/experience/data-is-hiding-patterns-everywhere Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Experience <![CDATA[AI coding advice is rediscovering the Agile Manifesto]]> https://monori.dk/blog/engineering/the-ai-hype-train-is-about-to-rediscover-the-agile-manifesto https://monori.dk/blog/engineering/the-ai-hype-train-is-about-to-rediscover-the-agile-manifesto Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Engineering <![CDATA[What AI coding taught me about micromanagement]]> https://monori.dk/blog/engineering/ai-speedran-sixty-years-of-software-engineering https://monori.dk/blog/engineering/ai-speedran-sixty-years-of-software-engineering Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Engineering <![CDATA[Micro-frontends won't fix your monolith]]> https://monori.dk/blog/engineering/micro-frontends-wont-fix-your-monolith https://monori.dk/blog/engineering/micro-frontends-wont-fix-your-monolith Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Engineering <![CDATA[Trust wasn't the first thing this team could fix]]> https://monori.dk/blog/trust/you-cant-start-with-trust https://monori.dk/blog/trust/you-cant-start-with-trust Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Trust <![CDATA[Trust isn't a gift you give on day one]]> https://monori.dk/blog/trust/trust-isnt-a-gift https://monori.dk/blog/trust/trust-isnt-a-gift Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Trust <![CDATA[AI coding is a trust problem]]> https://monori.dk/blog/engineering/ai-coding-is-a-trust-problem https://monori.dk/blog/engineering/ai-coding-is-a-trust-problem Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Engineering <![CDATA[Onboarding is a feedback loop for organizational health]]> https://monori.dk/blog/leadership/what-happens-after-the-interview https://monori.dk/blog/leadership/what-happens-after-the-interview Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Leadership <![CDATA[Remote teams and the 2/3 pattern]]> https://monori.dk/blog/leadership/remote-teams-and-the-two-thirds-pattern https://monori.dk/blog/leadership/remote-teams-and-the-two-thirds-pattern Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Leadership <![CDATA[Developers aren't being replaced, but coding might be]]> https://monori.dk/blog/engineering/developers-arent-being-replaced https://monori.dk/blog/engineering/developers-arent-being-replaced Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Engineering <![CDATA[A moment can undo years of trust]]> https://monori.dk/blog/trust/trust-is-destroyed-in-moments https://monori.dk/blog/trust/trust-is-destroyed-in-moments Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Trust <![CDATA[The architect's job is to be wrong first]]> https://monori.dk/blog/engineering/architects-job-is-to-be-wrong-first https://monori.dk/blog/engineering/architects-job-is-to-be-wrong-first Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Engineering <![CDATA[Write about your community, not for them]]> https://monori.dk/blog/community/facilitator-vs-communicator https://monori.dk/blog/community/facilitator-vs-communicator Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT Community <![CDATA[The punctuation told us which threads would explode]]> https://monori.dk/blog/experience/other-ways-of-doing-validation https://monori.dk/blog/experience/other-ways-of-doing-validation Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT Experience <![CDATA[The 2/3 pattern appears at more than one scale]]> https://monori.dk/blog/leadership/good-team-good-product-good-manager-series/post-6-can-we-get-all-three https://monori.dk/blog/leadership/good-team-good-product-good-manager-series/post-6-can-we-get-all-three Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT Leadership <![CDATA[What Sweden's Home PC Reform may have changed]]> https://monori.dk/blog/tech-innovation/sweden-denmark-pc-policy https://monori.dk/blog/tech-innovation/sweden-denmark-pc-policy Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT Technology <![CDATA[Good boss, good product, good team: pick two]]> https://monori.dk/blog/leadership/good-team-good-product-good-manager-series/post-1-introduction https://monori.dk/blog/leadership/good-team-good-product-good-manager-series/post-1-introduction Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT Leadership <![CDATA[The three pillars: leadership, product, and team]]> https://monori.dk/blog/leadership/good-team-good-product-good-manager-series/post-2-the-three-pillars https://monori.dk/blog/leadership/good-team-good-product-good-manager-series/post-2-the-three-pillars Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT Leadership <![CDATA[Why two strong pillars can weaken the third]]> https://monori.dk/blog/leadership/good-team-good-product-good-manager-series/post-3-the-trade-offs https://monori.dk/blog/leadership/good-team-good-product-good-manager-series/post-3-the-trade-offs Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT Leadership <![CDATA[Why good leaders don't always build great teams]]> https://monori.dk/blog/leadership/good-team-good-product-good-manager-series/post-4-leadership-vs-team-tension https://monori.dk/blog/leadership/good-team-good-product-good-manager-series/post-4-leadership-vs-team-tension Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT Leadership <![CDATA[Why organizational focus keeps moving]]> https://monori.dk/blog/leadership/good-team-good-product-good-manager-series/post-5-the-cycle https://monori.dk/blog/leadership/good-team-good-product-good-manager-series/post-5-the-cycle Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT Leadership <![CDATA[How engineers and business people handle uncertainty]]> https://monori.dk/blog/leadership/uncertainty-engineers-vs-business https://monori.dk/blog/leadership/uncertainty-engineers-vs-business Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT Leadership <![CDATA[Service architecture is deliberate debt]]> https://monori.dk/blog/engineering/service-architecture-is-deliberate-debt https://monori.dk/blog/engineering/service-architecture-is-deliberate-debt Sun, 23 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT Engineering <![CDATA[Show me your codebase]]> https://monori.dk/blog/leadership/codebase-first-interviews https://monori.dk/blog/leadership/codebase-first-interviews Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT Leadership <![CDATA[Technical debt is a tool]]> https://monori.dk/blog/engineering/technical-debt-is-a-tool https://monori.dk/blog/engineering/technical-debt-is-a-tool Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT Engineering <![CDATA[You don't know it until you've done it]]> https://monori.dk/blog/experience/turning-knowledge-into-action https://monori.dk/blog/experience/turning-knowledge-into-action Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT Experience <![CDATA[A story should be able to ship on its own]]> https://monori.dk/blog/engineering/escaping-horizontal-trap https://monori.dk/blog/engineering/escaping-horizontal-trap Sun, 03 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT Engineering <![CDATA[Mentoring taught me more than it taught them]]> https://monori.dk/blog/community/community-mentoring https://monori.dk/blog/community/community-mentoring Wed, 20 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT Community