Hello, I'm Fanie

As a passionate technologist and Microsoft MVP, I love to share knowledge wherever I go, but also learn in the process. My time is spent educating others in writing code, blogs and books, as well as creating content on YouTube and Twitch. Apart from speaking at meetups and conferences around the world, I also help to organize them. In my professional career I am an independent architect with the focus on the web and cloud, so hire me for your project.

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Decoding the world of AI models

This post is part of a series that demystifies the world of AI from a software developer's perspective. In the previous blog post we covered the basics of AI and all the lingo you would hear in the hallways. In this edition we will focus on models and

A Developer's journey into AI

The digital landscape is evolving at breakneck speed, and nothing exemplifies this more than Artificial Intelligence (AI). Despite being conceptualized as far back as the 1950s, AI has truly stepped into the limelight with the advent of ground-breaking tools like ChatGPT. This technological marvel is not just a novelty, it

Unleashing the power of Source Generators in .NET

In the evolving world of .NET, a new feature was introduced in .NET 5.0 that might change the way we write code - the Source Generators. They are an addition to the C# compiler that lets developers generate code during the compilation process. Let's explore how to

The perils of over-engineering in code

In the realm of software development, finding the perfect balance between simplicity and complexity is a constant challenge. While leveraging advanced techniques and patterns can be beneficial, over-engineering can lead to code that is convoluted, difficult to maintain, and potentially inefficient. After coming across many codebases in my career I

QBASIC meets Azure Functions

Before we continue, I'd like to make a clear disclaimer: This is a bad idea, and under no circumstances would you want to run a program built with a thirty-one year old legacy programming language in production. Wait, what about JavaScript, which is around for over twenty-seven years

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