Author: MartijnVeldkamp
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AI Battle Royale
The AI landscape seemed relatively simple. ChatGPT and later Claude, and Gemini were dominating conversations. Now? It’s seems a full-blown AI Battle Royale. The news is full with self proclaimed contenders. Everybody wants a slice of this pie. Deepseek, Kimi, Meta, Perplexity, and even Elon Musk’s Grok are new contenders. And let’s be honest, that…
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From Blueprint to CTO
Stolen from https://static.vecteezy.com/ From Blueprint to CTO Martijn Veldkamp "Strategic Technology Leader | Customer’s Virtual CTO | Salesforce Expert |…
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Think Outside the Inbox: You need More than Just To-Do Lists
Many Salesforce developers want to have more time for innovative thinking. But in the rush of deadlines, maintenance tasks, looming tech debt, and constant notifications, innovation often falls to the wayside. What is holding us back? One major factor is the unspoken culture within many organizations. Even experienced developers may feel pressured to put in…
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The Evolution of Data Integration
In today’s interconnected applications landscape, we rely on data shared across multiple systems and services. Throughout my career as an architect, integration strategies have evolved from basic ETL database copies to monolithic middleware, operational databases, API-driven microservices, and now ZeroCopy patterns. As I’m almost a year older again I look back at all the stuff…
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On Autopilot in Your Architecture Decisions?
Last Wednesday was a very foggy day to travel by car to the office. I noticed that a lot of people either where running all their foglights or just their daytime lights making them nearly invisible. Ever driven through “thick” fog, only to realise that your car’s daytime running lights are on, but your full…
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Architecture is Like a Game of Cluedo
Generated based on an actual picture of Cluedo that looks nothing like the old dutch version that we have. Architecture is Like a Game of Cluedo /A Martijn Veldkamp /A September 18, 2024 Really? Designing an architecture is as fun as a game of Cluedo? I know, they seem worlds apart. One is a classic…
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Moving Beyond the Honeymoon Phase
Lucidworks, in its 2024 Generative AI Global Benchmark Study released last Tuesday, declared that “The honeymoon phase of generative AI is over.” source/A While business leaders remain optimistic about AI’s transformative potential, the initial excitement has evolved into a more cautious and much needed measured approach. It is great that we start to see more…
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Be very sure on what you want !
Chair adapted to stairs Be very sure on what you want ! /A Martijn Veldkamp /A June 7, 2024 But that goes for more things in life. No matter how good the tech is, you have to think of the use-case. You have to see it. You have to notice something you spend a lot…
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Herding Cats, Seeding Clouds
My own picture: Our kittens sleepy after a full day of mischief. Proof that cats are liquid. Herding Cats, Seeding Clouds /A Martijn Veldkamp /A April 23, 2024 Yesterdays post/A by Bard Papegaaij/A talked about the often used statement “Culture eats Change for breakfast”. And that got me thinking about the term I use often.…
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Do what I mean, not what I say
And the gentle art of wrangle meaningful responses from our Generative AI tools While listening to Welcome to the machine by Shadows Fall I was wondering about the current state of Gen AI. These AI-powered assistants are designed to generate human-like responses. But did you know these “human-like” tendencies spread beyond the general responses to…