Author: MartijnVeldkamp
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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
Really? Designing an architecture is as fun as a game of Cluedo? I know, they seem worlds apart. One is a classic murder mystery board game, and the other is a structured approach to solving complex technical problems. However, when you squint your eyes a bit and look a bit cross-eyed, the process of uncovering…
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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 !
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 of time doing and realise that it could be automated with a tool. And when it is automated it…
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Herding Cats, Seeding Clouds
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. Professional Cat Herder. Like there are levels to that endeavor. Maybe I use it too often? In my day-to-day balancing act both in work and private life I…
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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…
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Gravitational Lensing in Digital Transformation
I love when I am walking the dog and different words or concepts mesh together and give me a new way to think about my experiences as an architect and consultant. With digital transformation, organizations are traversing through a cosmic landscape where familiar landmarks seem to shift and/or warp under the influence of all these…
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Decision making, to err is human
This idea has been on my mind for a while now. Ever since I heard the news that Algorithmic management, primarily known in the platform gig economy, where algorithms manage employees, is now being introduced in other sectors as well. Being fired by an algorithm is not how I would have predicted the rise of…