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Independent consultant · Solopreneur

Hi, I'm Lars Barkman.

I help enterprises design, develop, and operate digital solutions. My work spans solution architecture, operating models, and engineering leadership — always grounded in the practical work of delivering solutions that hold up over time.

Through Solution Delivery Design, I work with enterprises to clarify ownership, define process, and build the capability to deliver digital solutions consistently — without ongoing external support.

With Solution Design & Delivery, I work hands-on on specific solutions — designing the architecture, leading development, and making sure the operational foundation is in place before the engagement closes.

Both engagements are informed by a model I’m developing — an opinionated specification for how digital solutions should be designed, developed, operated, and decommissioned across an enterprise.

And tooling to progressively automate those activities as AI capabilities evolve.

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Writings

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Notes on organizations, technology, and the full lifecycle of digital solutions — from tactical detail to strategic perspective.

Jul 18, 2026solution-design
How I Picked a Comment System
Why I added comments, what I evaluated, and why I went with Hyvor Talk — on a static Astro site, DevOps overhead and vendor tracking are both non-starters.
Jul 16, 2026solution-design
My RAD Stack
The opinionated stack I've formalized after building the same kind of application too many times ad-hoc — the philosophy, principles, technology choices, the roads not taken, and why. A formalized hypothesis: individual pieces tested in practice, the combination still proving itself.
Jul 15, 2026solopreneurship
Choosing a Domain Name for My Model
How availability reshaped a structured domain name decision — from ideal customer profile and TLD assessment through name candidates to a final choice of dslmodel.eu.

Consulting

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Consulting engagements to help organizations design, develop, and operate digital solutions — working hands-on across solution architecture, operating models, and engineering leadership.

Solution Delivery Design
I help enterprises get better at designing, developing, and operating digital solutions — clarifying ownership, defining process, and building the capability to deliver consistently without ongoing external support. Structure, process, and people: design how solutions get delivered, define how the work flows, then equip the people who make it happen.
Solution Design & Delivery
Hands-on work on specific digital solutions — designing architectures, leading development, and establishing the operational practices that make a delivered solution something the enterprise can confidently own and run.

Ventures

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Things I'm building and exploring — applying my knowledge to new problems and areas beyond my consulting work.

Digital Solution Lifecycle Model
An opinionated engineering model for digital solution lifecycle management — classification tiers, phases, processes, activities, roles, patterns, and deliverables that together make lifecycle management a system rather than a craft. Human-guided, machine-executed, and designed to co-evolve with the organizations that adopt it.
Digital Solution Lifecycle Tooling
Unix-philosophy tooling that augments and progressively automates eight roles currently held by humans — from Project Manager to Operator — freeing people for the creative judgment machines cannot replace. Built on the Digital Solution Lifecycle Model, connected through a Project Manager the business will eventually run for itself.

© 2026 • Lars Barkman