Hourly billing hates seniors. Agencies don’t hate us. But the math definitely does. - Seniors cost more. - Hourly margins get thin. - Juniors become the “profit heroes.” It’s like this weird...
Hourly billing hates seniors.
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Stop naming your publisher after your company.
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Is this the year of Linux on the desktop?
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I used to see ChatGPT as my rubber ducky. 🦆
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Finally, a built-in way to edit the command bar in Dynamics 365!
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7 things I wished I knew early in my developer career.
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AWS went down. And suddenly everyone became a cloud architect.
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New Microsoft 365 icons for the AI era
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Not every regulation deserves your budget.
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Ever seen an ALM consultant treat your PROD like a cow?
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My Power Automate flows didn’t trigger after a restore.
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My wife asked: “Managed solutions, why bother?”
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Remy van Duijkeren
Power Platform Architect
I help Dynamics 365 teams remove friction. Architecture, automation, and integrations that hold up.