The dominant story in software development right now: AI writes the code, developers review the output, everyone learns to write better prompts. The developer becomes a prompt engineer, or optional,...
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Stop Catching Exceptions You Cannot Handle
Catching exceptions is not the same as handling them. Most developers do not know the difference, and it costs them. I was reviewing a pull request last week. Standard stuff: integration code,...
NServiceBus just dropped a bomb.
NServiceBus just dropped a bomb. Small companies now get NServiceBus basically for free. And guess who renewed last month at full price? Yep. This guy. This is huge for small teams. Finally, a...
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, naming stuff, and untangling messy logic. But lately…...
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 Power Platform, here’s what I really wish someone...
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 triple your cost. 😅 Let’s be real: - Most SaaS apps...
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 treat every Dataverse environment like cattle?” If...
.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 fine without it. ✅ My dev life isn’t exactly full...
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 in Dynamics 365 or Dataverse. Let me explain. In...
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 runs. No updates. No maintenance. Forgotten, but...
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! — No, you didn't. — Ah yes, sorry, now it is fixed. —...
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 It’s a serious alternative to Microsoft’s own C#...
Remy van Duijkeren
Power Platform Architect
I help Dynamics 365 teams remove friction. Architecture, automation, and integrations that hold up.