NServiceBus just dropped a bomb. Small companies now get NServiceBus basically for free. And guess who renewed last month at full price? Yep. This...
NServiceBus just dropped a bomb.
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I used to see ChatGPT as my rubber ducky. 🦆
I used to see ChatGPT as my rubber ducky. 🦆 Now it’s officially my pair-programmer. For months, I used ChatGPT daily, mostly for brainstorming,...
7 things I wished I knew early in my developer career.
7 things I wished I knew early in my developer career. After more than a decade of coding (and breaking) stuff in C#, JavaScript, Dynamics 365, and...
AWS went down. And suddenly everyone became a cloud architect.
AWS went down. And suddenly everyone became a cloud architect. “Why wasn’t your app deployed across multiple regions!?” Because, Karen, that would...
Ever seen an ALM consultant treat your PROD like a cow?
Ever seen an ALM consultant treat your PROD like a cow? A few years back, someone in the Power Platform ALM world had a bright idea: “What if we...
.NET Aspire sounds cool. But do I aspire to use it?
.NET Aspire sounds cool. But do I aspire to use it? No😉 Everyone's talking about it. But… I still don’t get what problem it's solving. ✅ My apps run...
The TypeScript Type Trap in Dynamics 365
Everyone loves IntelliSense. It’s comforting. It's helpful. It's... kinda overhyped? Especially when it comes to adding strong types for form fields...
The best code isn’t pretty. It’s invisible.
The best code isn't pretty. It's invisible. A dev shared this story: "A cron job they wrote 10 years ago is still quietly making $100/month. It just...
Copilot just sent a PR to .NET Runtime.
Copilot just sent a PR to .NET Runtime. Cool, right? Until you have to review it... It's like discussing with a lying junior intern. I fixed it! —...
Resharper is now inside VS Code.
Resharper is now inside VS Code. Yes. You read that right. JetBrains just dropped a VS Code extension for Resharper. See https://shorturl.at/YUlo5...
Microsoft is going to block unmanaged solutions in Production 🚫
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Everyone got ALM wrong in Dynamics 365 / Dataverse
For ages, we've been ferociously encouraging the integration of developer practices, such as source control and ALM, into the Dynamics 365/Dataverse...
I almost never Debug my code.
I almost never Debug my code. Somehow this is strange in the eyes of fellow developers. They can't image coding without a debugger. For example, I...
The Power of queues!
The Power of queues! Worker Queues have been added to Power Automate. To me this is an extremely exciting update to the Power Platform. Why? It...
Svelte and htmx: A glimpse into the future?
In my journey, I've wrestled with Angular, tangoed with Vue and flirted with React. But here's the catch: 😬 You've got to fully commit and cross...
Naming of your methods
Good naming of your methods can solve a lot of customer issues. I use NServiceBus as messaging framework in dotnet. I was using a method of this...
Don’t do estimates
I hear some people on social media saying: 'Estimates are useless. Don't do it!' Claiming you can't predict the future. That there are too many...
Value/Effort Matrix
After trying out different methods of prioritizing, I really like the Value/Effort Matrix. With minimum effort, it will give you the priority of...
Doing commits on the Build Server?
Are you doing commits on the build server? When doing ALM on the Power Platform / Dynamics 365, I often see builds doing commits on the Build...
Refactoring is not a Backlog Item
Refactoring is not a Backlog Item. Occasionally I see refactoring items on the backlog. This is very strange to me because it means you are...
Remy van Duijkeren
Power Platform Automator
I help businesses automate and integratie Dynamics 365 and Power Apps.