Author: MartijnVeldkamp
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Stop waiting for “Perfect Data”!
Having fun with Banano Nano Stop waiting for "Perfect Data"! Martijn Veldkamp "Strategic Technology Leader | Customer’s Virtual CTO | Salesforce Expert |…
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Are We Building Lasting Value or the World’s Most Expensive Bubble?
The AI infrastructure boom is not an abstract headline to me. It’s hitting close to home. Here in the Netherlands, close to where I live. Microsoft has acquired 50 hectares for a new data center, with the CEO citing 300,000 customers who “want to store their data close by in a sovereign country.” This is…
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Automation Without Purpose: Now With 10x More Useless Reports
A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history, with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila by Mitch Ratcl…
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Emperor the algorithm says No
The life of a social media influencer looks to my children as the pinnacle of doing as less as possible. Having creative freedom, direct audience and unlimited money. They haven’t yet truly understood perception vs reality. But helping them peeling back the curtain, I try to point out a different reality. Many creators are locked…
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The Amber Trap
Last week I was cleaning out some old project folders (a therapeutic exercise I recommend to any one). I learned that from a fellow architect. Does this spark joy? Anywho, I stumbled upon a perfectly preserved architecture document from 2018. Complete with detailed diagrams, stakeholder matrices, and decision rationales that read like artifacts from a…
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The Law of Contextual Decay
I was on PTO in lovely Luxemburg (nature sure needs a lot of rain to look so good) and the campsite where we stayed had a folder for enticing people to come see this German Dino park (Teufelsschlucht). This made me reminiscent of times in the south of France were our family indeed visited those…
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Our systems are only stable on weekends. And we call that innovation?
Ever notice the silence of a Saturday? No urgent Slack pings. No panicked emails about a failed deployment. Dependency doom? The monitoring dashboards are all…
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Engineering doesn’t solve problems…
Yes, the zeroth law! Engineering doesn’t solve problems… Martijn Veldkamp July 10, 2025 We just trade them in for newer, more interesting ones. And that’s our real job. You ever spend a week with your team fixing a critical system, finally push the fix live and feel that wave of relief? Only to get a…
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Engineering doesn’t solve problems…
We just trade them in for newer, more interesting ones. And that’s our real job. You ever spend a week with your team fixing a critical system, finally push the fix live and feel that wave of relief? Only to get a Slack message two months later. “Hey, weird question. Ever since we deployed that…
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Engineering doesn’t solve problems…
We just trade them in for newer, more interesting ones. And that’s our real job. You ever spend a week with your team fixing a critical system, finally push the fix live and feel that wave of relief? Only to get a Slack message two months later. “Hey, weird question. Ever since we deployed that…