Welcome to the summer edition of CODE CRASH.
Almost unnoticed, the world of software development has changed radically. As early as 1865, the economist William Stanley Jevons observed a paradox: more efficient steam engines cut coal consumption per unit by 75 percent — and dramatically increased total consumption. Exactly that is happening today: AI pushes the cost of writing code towards zero. A CODE CRASH that changes everything. The result is not less software — it is an explosion.
But the consequences for companies and careers reach far beyond software development. The new agentic AI systems demand a radical rethink of how companies must be organised to survive in the market.
In the summer edition, Matthias Schrader draws the arc from product development through company structure and leadership to culture in the AI age — and sketches a surprisingly optimistic outlook for Germany as a business location. The book delivers not only a deep look into today's AI world, but also a practical guide you can put to work immediately.
Where the spring edition focused on product development, this edition carries the idea through the entire company — thoroughly revised, expanded by more than 100 pages, newly structured in four parts. The core thesis remains: the bottleneck moves from code to intent — now extended to the whole company.
