Core and Bloat

Core and Bloat

Every product is two: what creates value and what accumulated. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.

Core Drift

Sep 29, 2026

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4 min read

Core Drift

How yesterday's must-have becomes today's overhead

Dirk Bauer
Dirk Bauer
Everything starts as Core. Everything can become Bloat.

Sep 22, 2026

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3 min read

Everything starts as Core. Everything can become Bloat.

Bloat is rarely made of bad decisions. It is made of good ones that outlived their reason.

Dirk Bauer
Dirk Bauer
Most projects fail from risks hiding in plain sight

Sep 15, 2026

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3 min read

Most projects fail from risks hiding in plain sight

Scope, agreement, and the work nobody is tracking. Three risks that are visible from week one and free to ask about.

Dirk Bauer
Dirk Bauer
Technical debt is a product decision wearing a technical costume

Sep 8, 2026

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3 min read

Technical debt is a product decision wearing a technical costume

Refactor. Maintenance. Legacy. Three technical words, three decisions nobody made.

Dirk Bauer
Dirk Bauer
The Missing Question

Sep 1, 2026

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4 min read

The Missing Question

Competent rooms, real data, and the one question that never gets raised.

Dirk Bauer
Dirk Bauer