I am starting to hate Scrum. 8 years ago, I started with Scrum, and I was a fan. It removed friction of writing down everything before implementing...
Scrum has to many rules
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Rider stacktrace
I use JetBrains Rider instead of Visual Studio for development. Why? It's all about the User Experience (UX). It removes friction in places I didn't...
How to start with Power Pages
What could be the lowest entry point to start with Power Pages? Suppose that I am not sure yet about Power Pages, what would be a good starting...
The smartest person in the room
What's one thing I wish I'd have figured out earlier in my career? Stop trying to be the smartest person in the room. You'll learn a lot more that...
Reviewing email marketing automation tools
In search of an email marketing automation tool? Two questions to ask before getting a subscription. ❓Is there any commitment involved? Some...
Power Pages to expensive for Marketing
I thought the marketing space would be the growth area for Power Pages. Often companies start looking for a product when they need a: landing page,...
Simplicity in Development
Complexity kills the life of software projects and developers. Complex solutions are hard to maintain. Hard to explain to your successor. Complex...
What are you paid for?
I got ill recently, and I thought I didn't need rest. But you're not paid for your stamina. You're paid to make good decisions. If you're working...
My must-have Chrome extensions
As many transitions into remote work, let's share resources that help productivity. 1Password – Stores passwords. Better than LastPass!AdBlock –...
Hiring a car in Bali
On holiday you want as little friction as possible. Yesterday I wrote about the unwritten traffic rules in Bali and that they remove a lot of...
The Unwritten Bali Traffic Rules
Last week I was on holiday in Bali, Indonesia. The traffic there looks chaotic and dangerous. There seems to be a lot of friction. But when you...
5 ways to find data in Dataverse
5 ways to find data in Dataverse. How to find data in Datavers from simple to most powerful way: ✅ Dataverse Search In the middle on top there is a...
Auto Dark Mode
💡Tip: Do you prefer automatic switching of Dark and Light mode 🌓? I work from home. My desk is positioned in front of a big wall of glass that has a...
Ninety percent of the friction
Ninety percent of the friction of daily life is caused by the wrong tone of voice.— Arnold Bennett The sound of the message is itself a message that...
Escape your characters
Yesterday I posted about variables when sending mails using ActiveCampaign. Talking about variables like %RSS:ITEM:TITLE% inside an email I...
RSS Title as Email Subject
💡Tip: How to add an RSS Title as an Email subject in ActiveCampaign? I always write my daily ramblings first in my blog. This is the place where my...
The last minute
Yesterday, the following quote hit a nerve with me, as a person who sometimes suffers from procrastination. This is the quote from Seth Godin (the...
Why you don’t need more projects
After 15 years of taking over other .NET developer their solutions, one thing that always flabbergasts me is... All the reasons why they have...
10 new features in Power Automate
Here are 10 new features in Power Automate that you may be missed. Power Automate is growing fast and these are the things that have caught my...
Hourly billing hates Productivity
Why hourly billing isn't working anymore. It hates productivity. There is no incentive to improve it. Suppose we define increasing productivity:...
Remy van Duijkeren
Power Platform Automator
Automation and integration aren’t just what I do—they’re what I do best.
I help businesses work smarter by removing friction, automating what slows them down, and connecting systems that should’ve been talking all along.
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