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TMS Training Days 2026 in Rotterdam – April 23-24! I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be speaking at TMS Training Days 2026 in Rotterdam, and I hope to see you there! After successful events in… … Read more
5 days ago in Delphi, FireMonkey, Training, vcl, windows0
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Note to self: There is an easy way to disable Bing search in the Windows 11 Start menu: Add the following Registry entry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search [DWORD] BingSearchEnabled=0 To activate the setting you ne… … Read more
2 weeks ago in windows, Windows 110
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RAD Is Not No-Code: Why Delphi Still Dominates Windows Desktop Development After 30 Years The no-code movement is having its moment. Articles proclaim its death, its rebirth, its transformation. But amid all this noise, there’s… … Read more
1 month ago in Delphi, FireMonkey, vcl, windows0
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From 30 Years of Delphi to the Modern Web: My Journey Into 2026 A personal reflection on three decades of desktop development, and what comes next The Landscape Has Changed I started with Delphi before… … Read more
1 month ago in Delphi, FireMonkey, RAD Studio, vcl, windows0
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Random Numbers in Delphi: When the RTL is Good Enough (And When It Isn’t) I recently came across several Delphi implementations in which developers used their own random number generators, apparently unaware of—or unconvinced by—the… … Read more
2 months ago in Delphi, FireMonkey, RAD Studio, vcl, windows0
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TStringList: The Swiss Army Knife You’re Probably Underusing If you’ve been writing Delphi code for any length of time, you’ve used TStringList. It’s the go-to container for managing lists of strings. But here’s the thing:… … Read more
2 months ago in Delphi, FireMonkey, RAD Studio, vcl, windows0
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🎅 Santa’s Sleigh: A Festive Delphi VCL Experiment 🎄 Happy Holidays to the Delphi Community! ✨ As the holiday season wraps us in its magical embrace, I… … Read more
2 months ago in Delphi, RAD Studio, windows0
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A Christmas Carol for Delphi Developers: “AI Humbug!” … or Maybe Not? 🎄 Every December, you can hear it echo across developer forums: “AI? Bah, humbug! It doesn’t help with real Delphi code!” If you’ve… … Read more
2 months ago in Delphi, RAD Studio, windows0
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Looking Forward to Speaking at TMS Training Days 2026 in Rotterdam! I’m very excited to share some great news — TMS Software has announced the next edition of TMS Training Days, which will take place… … Read more
2 months ago in Delphi, firedac, linux, RAD Studio, Training, windows0
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Why IBExpert Remains My Go-To Tool for Firebird Database Management After 30 years in software development, I’ve learned that specialized tools almost alw… … Read more
3 months ago in Delphi, firedac, linux, RAD Studio, windows0
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Why TMS XData Is My Go-To Choice for Building Web Services in Delphi After years of working with various frameworks and tools for building web services, I’ve come to a clear conclusion: TMS XData is… … Read more
3 months ago in Delphi, linux, windows0