Privacy has been a great forgotten area in engineering for a long time. Some years ago, when I decided to start my own startup, privacy was not a priority in our checklist. We needed to move as fast as possible, create our first MVP, perform our business plan, and convince…

When we first started writing a Progressive Web App for the self-serve kiosk, we spent a lot of time getting transitions right because they’re really helpful for users. …

After many different plans during several months we finally decided to travel to the US. The original plan of meeting IKEA colleagues in Philadelphia was cancelled late (due to Covid) so focus was on visiting the IKEA Queens store and the National Retail Federation conference in New York. IKEA Queens…

I am a big fan of Elon Musk, the engineer, the technician, his ideas and big goals. I am less of a fan of what transpires in other areas but let’s leave that at the door! But in a recent podcast with Lex Fridman, he talked a lot about first…

Introduction Cognitive load is kind of a new buzzword in technology nowadays, but it’s not a new phenomenon. We will get into what this is about in this blog post, try to explain how and why it grows and why it is a thing nowadays. It’s an important concept to understand…

If you know what threat modeling is and have read the threat modeling manifesto, this article will be your next step. …

We live in a hyperconnected world where every system, third-party library, or developed piece of code could imply a security breach. This situation is particularly relevant to big companies, like IKEA where I work, where brand reputation is a key factor of success and a way to convey trust to…

autonomy: the state of existing or acting separately from others (See also INDEPENDENCE) alignment: an arrangement of groups or forces in relation to one another The mantra of a product team is that of autonomy. The word is interpreted in dozens of ways but likely you will hear words like…

As a response to the fast changing pace of nowadays market, development teams should spend less time on routine drudgery, but even with modern tools, the ease of provisioning new infrastructure leads to an ever-growing portfolio of systems, which often greatly differ in implementation, turning integration tasks into unnecessary time…