Category: Architecture
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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…
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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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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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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…