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🇳🇱 I'm a developer, geek & gamer. He/Him. Likes to speak about C#, dotnet, Azure, coding and more. Microsoft MVP.
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Somebody approaching you (slightly drunk) at the end of the conference party telling you that your session inspired them, is the greatest thing on earth! #speakerlife #NDCOslo

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Almost time for the locknote by @hexmaster.nl and @sandermolenkamp.com... What can go wrong? 🤣 #devCampNoord

It's @wildermuth.com kicking off a session on nullable reference types @ #devCampNoord

Today presenting about C# performance tips and tricks I learned about while solving #AdventOfCode puzzles @ devCampNoord @devnetnoord.bsky.social

Ons programma voor 10 april. Je kunt je gratis aanmelden via devnetnoord.nl

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

Unpopular opinion: Borderlands is a great movie!

www.trueachievements.com/game/Indiana... Just finished the 100% completion, just for @dennisdoomen.com 😉

Adding instrumentation to your code is essentially documenting how your application is running in production. I don't understand why developers hate doing it so much, it's just documentation and they all lov... Oh, yeah, I see what the issue is now, my bad.

Ready for the Dead South @ AFAS live!

I'm doing a free meetup with Info Support in Veenendaal in the Netherlands on March 19th, talking about open source, free software, licensing - and a whole load of fascinating examples and case studies, from Commander Keen to FluentAssertions. Come along!

As we vote with our wallet, I ended my Amazon Prime subscription today. I know it's only a very small step. But will have to start somewhere.

Raven, a car, and the night... Enough to create one of the best TV shows out there.

So, any interesting news today from the United States North of Mexico?

Day 182: Finally, my car is repaired. Not very impressed with the quality. Still pieces of glass in the trunk, steering wheel is off by 5-10°.

Blogged: speaking at Bitbash about durable execution with Dapr Workflow: marcduiker.dev/articles/spe.... Thanks again to the organizers for inviting me! A link to the GitHub repo (with DemoTime) is included in this blog post.

Our Info Support HQ in Veenendaal was transformed into a Ghostbusters-themed tech conference on Friday and Saturday! A big shoutout to everyone who joined us at Bitbash 2025. All passionate IT professionals coming together for a day packed with learning, fun, and inspiration. #bitbash #ghostbusters

Just published ✍️: "Why I Switched from #WordPress to Astro: Faster, Cheaper, Greener" Discover how #Astro and #Azure Static Web Apps transformed my blog into a more #sustainable and efficient platform. Curious? Check it out: blog.hompus.nl/2025/01/20/w...

Funny to see Americans freak out by not being able to access a couple of apps. There are many US websites/apps/features not available in the EU because those owners can't even guarantee basic privacy rules.

Started watching "Safe Harbor" on Videoland... suddenly Colm Meaney appears on screen. 🤗🤓🖖

A special bottle for a special night. Thanks @visug.bsky.social! To a great 2025 where we share a lot of knowledge again!

Just finished the main story line of "Life is Strange: Double Exposure". Happy the see the message "Max Caulfield will return" at the end of the credits.

🎁 Wrapping up #AoC 2024 with ⚡ lightning-fast, 🌱 memory-light #dotnet solutions: ~92ms total runtime & under 794KiB memory usage! Finished 2nd on our private #InfoSupport leaderboard. Key lessons: 🔡 Flatten 2D/3D arrays 📦 Pack (record) structs 🔟 Master bit shifting 🗃️ Cache wisely #awesomesauce

I just completed all 25 days of Advent of Code 2024! #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com

1/3 New version of sizoscope, my tool to analyze size of .NET native AOT executables, is out! It can now show you sizes of some of the blobs within the executable just to give a more complete picture.