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Hi, I'm Marcus.

I'm an independent software developer with 20+ years of experience designing and building web based systems.

Areas of Expertise

Programming

I wrote my first BASIC program in 1981 and have been paid to program since 1996. I have experience writing full stack software for the web and have written production code in Java, Python, Go, Kotlin, and a few more. And of course, I know HTML, CSS and SQL as well.

Architecture

I have built and designed applications on various versions of Open Source software stacks based on Linux and databases like PostgreSQL. Since the end of the '00s I have used cloud providers such as AWS, Google Cloud and Digital Ocean to deliver these solutions.

Methods and Ways

I was an early adopter of what was later to be called agile methodologies and was a founder of Agila Sverige, Swedens first conference on this topic. As agile grew mainstream and the meaning of the term went diluted I choose to step away from agile as an industry, but I still work by the ideals of the early movement. This means test driven development, continuous delivery and deployment and an adherence to a well functioning workplace. If asked kindly I still give talks about methodology.

Education, Speaker

I have spoken at numerous conferences and have worked as a teacher in all of my areas of expertise. Teaching and speaking is a complementary activity for me as I like to speak from experience.

Latest Posts

My Starship Prompt

2026-01-04

I’ve used the Starship prompt for a while now, and really like the extensive info it provides out of the box. However, I was missing the layout I had when I used the Tide prompt. So I did spend some time configuring and I’m fairly happy with the result.

image of prompt

Next step is to get it more Powerline‘y, but that will have to wait for another day.

The config is as follows:

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V-Sånger App

2025-12-16

I’ve created a Capacitor app that wraps the website I built a few years back - https://www.v-sanger.se. It is available in the nordic countries in Google Play. I will make it available for iOS - if I ever get a Mac.

V-Sånger App Screenshot 1
V-Sånger App Screenshot 2

It was an interesting endeavour creating an app - there are so many hoops to jump through to get an app published.

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Naming Original Agile

2025-12-12

The original words introduced by the agile movement have lost their meaning, and I believe we need new ones.

I was recently in a situation where I wanted to tell my client that they would improve their software delivery if they focused on value delivered rather than features produced. Also, it would be a good idea if teams were responsible for delivering software rather than having individual contributions coordinated by a project manager.

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