Author: MartijnVeldkamp
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AI Agents: Microservices with God Complexes
I have been reading a lot of all the AI innovations that the new Agentic AI promises. Not just watching Muppet show episodes. I particular like the integrations of said agents. MCP, A2A or the new LOKA. It looks a lot like the beginning of Microservices. So, I see the potential benefits of agentic integration,…
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It’s Time to Play the Music
Ever felt your design review was less constructive critique and more… relentless heckling from a balcony? A couple of years ago, when I worked at Quint I wrote an article together with Rob Swinkels for the magazine called Informatie. It was based on the ideas of Mark de Bruin who stated that as an architect…
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The Human Side of Automation
Little Britain The Human Side of Automation Martijn Veldkamp April 10, 2025 We plan our technology implementations. We map our approach, define KPIs, and anticipate efficiency gains. Yet, even the most crafted AI initiative or Salesforce rollout can stumble on the human element. As we automate and streamline, we sometimes overlook the real people who…
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The Low-Hanging Fruit Diet: Nutritionally Deficient in Strategic Value
“We are kept from our goals not by obstacles but by a clear path to lesser goals.” I’m not sure who pointed me in the the direction of Robert Brault, but I love that quote. This resonates with me on different levels. If I hear low hanging fruit one more time, I’m going to scream!…
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The Illusion of “Fire and Forget”
Dishwashers, Robot Vacuums, and AI As our dishwasher broke down with very interesting but totally unhelpful error messages, I had to do the dishes by hand. Normally when out camping I don’t mind, but at home it felt old-school. As my hands were busy (and wrinkling) my mind started thinking. Switching from washing dishes by…
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T.A.N.S.T.A.A.F.L.
DALL- is so much fun. T.A.N.S.T.A.A.F.L. Martijn Veldkamp March 14, 2025 As I was rewatching and really enjoying the Expanse series, I remembered the books that made me a SF nerd. AE van Vogt, Jack Vance and Heinlein. James SA Corey’s The Expanse is a great space opera. Anyway, I am rereading The Moon is…
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Stop spinning your wheels: The AI Game Plan
My previous articles explored the “AI Battle Royale” – the explosive proliferation of AI models by all these different companies that want to end up on top. And the subsequent “Countless Wheels, Where Are the Cars?”. I think we all see the countless variations on language models, but relative few of truly transformative ideas. I…
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Countless Wheels, Where Are the Cars?
As I posted last week, I made the analogy that we are witnessing an AI Cambrian explosion. It’s a sudden and rapid diversification of artificial intelligence models. Unprecedented burst of AI offerings. Cambrian? Brittanica.com It speaks to the imagination but you have to see it at a relative scale. The Cambrian explosion happened over a…
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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 |…