Category: Architecture
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AI Coding Tools: a bit of a time machine
I think that most people can relate. Over time my career and role shifted. Less time building things directly, more time designing systems, reviewing architectures, and guiding teams. Important work, but further away from the joy of experimenting and writing code. During my Christmas break something changed. Tools like Claude Code have fundamentally changed. They…
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The Second Opinion that wasn’t
You asked ChatGPT whether your strategy made sense. It gave you five well-reasoned paragraphs explaining why it did. You felt better. That feeling is the problem. We have quietly started using AI as a sounding board for big decisions. Architecture choices, technology bets, platform strategies, build-vs-buy calls. We share our thinking, ask the model to…
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Why Single-Lens thinking is harming your Architecture Decisions
# Why Single-Lens thinking is harming your Architecture Decisions During summer when the mosquitos were swarming around our farm, a dragonfly hovered right in front of me. Just hung there, mid-air, perfectly still. My dogs didn’t notice. I couldn’t stop staring. There’s something almost alien about how a dragonfly moves. It can fly in six…
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Architecture as a Coaching Discipline
There is an old, persistent stereotype of the Enterprise Architect. They sit in a metaphorical ivory tower, disconnected from the reality of the development teams. They draw perfect, complex diagrams of a future state that will never exist. And their primary output is the word “No.” As in “No, you can’t use that framework.” “No,…
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Balancing Act: Robustness with Customer Focus
AI of course, still in love with nano banana Balancing Act: Robustness with Customer Focus Martijn Veldkamp "Strategic Technology Leader | Customer’s Virtual…
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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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A Curmudgeons Lament
I’ve seen the digital age unfold, from the monolithic hum of mainframes to the incessant notifications of the device in your pocket. And I’m here to tell you, we’ve taken a wrong turn. We, the architects of this new world, have created a hellscape of digital tinnitus! A constant avalanche of notifications and updates from…
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Beyond the Policy pdf
An Architect’s Guide to Governing Agentic AI Your company is rushing to deploy autonomous AI. A traditional governance playbook won’t work. The only real solution is to architect for control from day one. You can feel the pressure on CTOs and Chief Architects from every direction. The board wants to know your AI strategy. Your…
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Are we trading long term wisdom for Fool’s Gold?
Tailbone evolution Are we trading long term wisdom for Fool’s Gold? Martijn Veldkamp "Strategic Technology Leader | Customer’s Virtual CTO | Salesforce Expert |…
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Giving Better Feedback
They Say Its a Masterpiece. I Say Its a Disaster-piece! – Waldorf (Probably) Giving Better Feedback Martijn Veldkamp "Strategic Technology Leader | Customer’s…