An Outside-In Perspective on IT

This is the public-facing website for my GitLab repository, featuring a collection of articles exploring developments in Information Technology from a business impact, outside-in perspective. I follow the POSSE philosophy (Publish (on) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere) to maintain a sovereign digital presence. The site is built with the Hugo Static Site Generator and is automatically deployed via GitLab Pages. All content is published and shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

The Grid Doesn’t Wait for a Requirements Document

TenneT shows that embedding software development directly within grid operations, rather than separating “business” and IT, enables faster iteration, better use of domain knowledge, and more effective tooling.

May 6, 2026 · 1 min · Hugo Pfister

Grid Security at Scale

TenneT achieved a 10× performance improvement in grid security analysis by building ReFlow, an orchestration platform powered by the LF Energy open source project PowSyBl. The solution reduced grid calculation times from minutes to seconds, deployed in five months, with no proprietary licensing required.

April 22, 2026 · 1 min · Hugo Pfister

Code as a Byproduct

When code becomes a byproduct, scarcity shifts from technical execution to human imagination and adaptability.

April 10, 2026 · 4 min · Hugo Pfister

Software Development as a Business Capability

An exploration of how domain expertise and technical execution must merge to eliminate hand-over friction and drive mission-critical innovation.

April 2, 2026 · 4 min · Hugo Pfister