Professional IT

4. Sep 2026 — K.-H. Hofacker

Independent, comprehensive and clear advice

I provide independent advice drawn on my extensive experience; I am not tied to any particular technology or provider, and I aim to maintain a holistic perspective in all matters – not only on technologies, but also on economic requirements and ensuring the participation of your organisation’s staff. In doing so, I attempt to reduce complexity as much as possible and avoid the use of buzzwords. I consider it essential to consistently ground my professional thinking in the realities and developments of our free and democratic society, as well as in the ethical and moral values of an enlightened society. The primacy of the human being and of what is human leads me to a fundamental scepticism towards the unreflective use of ‘artificial intelligence’ (‘AI’), without dogmatically overlooking its undeniable benefits when clearly restricted to limited domains.

I can advise you on the following aspects of software engineering, amongst others:

Strategy & Architecture Fundamental software decisions: architecture, specification, suitability Practical development Combining traditional and agile approaches in a smart way, whilst keeping things simple Software modernisation & refurbishment Carrying the benefits of existing solutions into the future Digital Sovereignty Sustainable ways out of vendor lock-in and technological dependencies Digitisation & Indexing Unlocking treasures of knowledge, digitally indexing documents

agile | agile software development | AI | ANSI-C | API | architecture | artificial intelligence | autonomy | bespoke solution | build | build automation | cloud | configuration management | consultancy | cost-effectiveness | data protection | data protection compliant | design decision | development platform | DevOps | digital sovereignty | digitalisation | document | documentation | efficiency | expert system | free software | guidelines | in-house development | interface | IT landscape | Kanban | legacy | legacy solution | legacy system | log | logging | maintainability | off-the-shelf software | on-premises | open source | open standards | paper | paper document | Pascal | platform | programming guidelines | re-implementation | requirements analysis | rules | SBOM | SCM | script | Scrum | software architecture | software bill of materials | software consultancy | software development | software migration | software modernisation | software refurbishment | software strategy | software technology | specification | standard library | technology lock-in | technology stack | tool | update management | VBA | vendor lock-in | Vibe Coding | Visual BASIC

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