Lean folks talk about END-customer value. 'END' is an important qualifier. Even in B2B software, your customer's customer matters. A lot. If your...
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86% storage drop in Dataverse
Mysterious 86% storage drop in Dataverse? π€ My customer has a lot of Email. Since beginning of this month we see a big drop in Database storage....
Automation walks into a bar…
Automation walks into a bar... The bartender says: 'Hey, we don't serve your kind here. You're taking away our jobs!' Automation replies: 'But I can...
What the customer really wants
You need to listen to what the customer wants. But you also need to read between the lines, to find the real solution. How to read between the...
Extreme Agile
For me Scrum is too formal, too many rules to do agile. Sometimes taking it to the bureaucratic extreme. But on the other side there are also agile...
Embrace the power of delegation!
Embrace the power of delegation! As professionals, we often fall into the trap of wanting to do everything ourselves. It's human nature, but it's...
The power of saying No in your professional life.
The power of saying No in your professional life. We often find ourselves taking on too many tasks, saying Yes to too many commitments, and...
Stop calling requirements ‘non-functional’!
Stop calling requirements 'non-functional'! You want deliveries that don't function? Why name it wrong? Call it what it is! If you look closer at...
π‘ Quick tip: Browse GitHub code easily!
π‘ Quick tip: Browse GitHub code easily! Used to clone locally and open in VS Code? π₯οΈ Switch 'github.com' to 'github.dev' and experience magic β¨. Or...
π οΈ Want to know more about Field Service with Remote Assist? π₯οΈ
π οΈ Want to know more about Field Service with Remote Assist? π₯οΈ π Coming Saturday (27/5) Devikumari Krishna is going to tell us about it. π¬ Join the...
Having a cleaner is a game changer π
Having a cleaner is a game changer π The household income level at which you can and should hire a cleaner πΌ is a lot lower than most people think π€...
π Why does anybody think that a combo box that lists every country in the world is a good idea? π
π Why does anybody think that a combo box that lists every country in the world is a good idea? π Or picking a year from a list from 1900? π How...
Delay Automation Until Contact SyncedΒ
When we implemented Automations into the connector SpotlerAutomate, we created two new operations to choose from when creating a Spotler Job: Start...
I am trying out Docker for the first time.
I am trying out Docker for the first time. I'm using Azure Functions a lot. They are nice, but you need to follow a certain program model to get...
Last weekend was the first time I used Docker. π³
Last weekend was the first time I used Docker. π³ For me, it was hard to see the value it delivers. Most of the reasons for using Docker sounded...
π³ Docker is 10-year-old and I never used it. π€·
π³ Docker is 10-year-old and I never used it. π€· I am a software architect, but I never feel the pain that Docker tries to fix. Why? π§ Because of: -...
π‘Tip: Start #JetBrains #Rider from the terminal? π
π‘Tip: Start #JetBrains #Rider from the terminal? π Just like Visual Studio Code? π 'code .' Add the toolbox scripts folder to your PATH π§ See...
Power Virtual Agents in the Power Platform sucks.
Power Virtual Agents in the Power Platform sucks. I never believed in this component. I don't like it. The chatbots in Power Virtual Agents are...
Form Data OnLoad
You want to call Form OnLoad multiple times? Don't! I was reading about a blogpost to trigger the Form OnLoad multiple times. This should happen...
I like to take Continuous Delivery to the extreme!
I like to take Continuous Delivery to the extreme! I was always feeling friction doing ALM. Following the so-called best practices of others....

Remy van Duijkeren
Power Platform Automator
Automation and integration arenβt just what I doβtheyβre what I do best.
I help businesses work smarter by removing friction, automating what slows them down, and connecting systems that shouldβve been talking all along.
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