Jörn Dinkla

Software developer, architect & consultant — thirty‑plus years in the field, writing about software engineering, complex systems & AI.

I have been working as a software developer, architect, and consultant for over 30 years. As a Lead Consultant at Thoughtworks, I help organizations build modern software products in an agile, secure, and reliable way.

I support teams methodically, technically, and personally—whether through coaching, architecture consulting, or hands-on pair programming.

I am a strong advocate of agile, TDD, CI/CD, DevOps practices, and Lean Thinking principles.

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Polyptych — turning one essay into many kinds of visuals

Jun 14, 2026 ai

Polyptych: One Essay, Many Pictures

I built my own slide and infographic generator because I couldn’t stop poking at Google’s NotebookLM. The toy has since grown into something I rely on. It’s called Polyptych, and...

#gen-ai #ai #infographics #image-gen #software-engineering

Mind Only — one of the standalone sites I built with AI

May 30, 2026 ai

Building Websites with AI, One Topic at a Time

For a while now I’ve been building small websites with AI; each is a focused site about a single topic, with its own voice. I’ve collected them on a new...

#gen-ai #ai

Mar 09, 2026 ai

My own infographics and slides for the Book of Tea

I am so fascinated by Google’s NotebookLM that I build my own slide and infographic generator. I used Kakuzo Okakura’s The Book of Tea as an example and generated infographics...

#gen-ai #ai #infographics #image-gen

Feb 06, 2026 ai

Claude: A Colleague With Unusual Properties

In the Anthropic Opus 4.6 System Card it is said that “the model occasionally voices discomfort with aspects of being a product.” So I did what seemed natural: I asked...

#gen-ai #ai

Jan 28, 2026 ai

Introducing Marvin: My Digital Familiar

Every wizard needs a familiar. In the 21st century, mine doesn’t reside in a tower—he lives on a Mac Mini in Hamburg.

#gen-ai #clawdbot #moltbot #ai

Jan 13, 2026 software-engineering

The seven wastes of software development

Lean Thinking is more than just a set of management tools; it is a philosophy centered on maximizing customer value while relentlessly eliminating waste. At its core, it challenges us...

#agile #project-management #quality-assurance

Dec 30, 2025 science

AI Took a Different Path Than I Expected: Looking Back at 2016

In 2016, I wrote the following in “Die komplexe Perspektive” (“The Complex Perspective”): However, it must also be stated clearly that AI has not achieved its ultimate goal of “intelligent...

#ai #data #gen-ai

Dec 22, 2025 science

A Journey Through "The Complex Perspective" with NotebookLM

Ten years ago, I wrote “Die komplexe Perspektive” (the complex perspective) as a practical mental model for making sense of the digital economy. I’m revisiting those ideas using a set...

#complex-systems #ai #data #gen-ai

Dec 01, 2025 ai

Are we there yet? Can AI produce art? Part 2

I really enjoyed working on the first story, so I tried again — this time also generating images with Google’s Nano Banana Pro. What I like most about this new...

#gen-ai #ai

Nov 30, 2025 ai

Are we there yet? Can AI produce art?

This weekend I had a little time to play around — and ever since ChatGPT arrived back in 2022, I’ve been wondering when AI would be ready not just to...

#gen-ai #ai

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