WeeklyTalk · Episode #179 · 08/28/2026

Project Work: Why Every Developer Needs to provide Consulting

It's becoming less and less about getting a process into a system in the first place—that is, digitizing it—and more and more about deriving reliable insights from existing data.

Our work has shifted: It’s becoming less and less about getting a process into a system in the first place—that is, digitizing it—and more and more about deriving reliable insights from existing data. At the same time, low-code has made development faster and more cost-effective. The effort hasn't disappeared; it has simply shifted: What takes time today isn't the lines of code, but the coordination that comes before, during, and after. This episode explores what that means for the expectations placed on developers—and what gets lost in the process.

Project Work: Why Every Developer Needs to provide Consulting