How The Orange Force is putting AI to work Two years ago, I wrote a blog asking whether generative AI is a blessing or a curse for learning Mendix. The answer I landed on then: neither, or rather, both. A shortcut that thinks for you is a curse. A tool that supports your thinking is […]
Blessing or Curse? We Stopped Asking and Started Doing Read More »
At The Orange Force, we like to understand new technology well before we recommend it. To actually understand where things can go wrong and where the real opportunities are, for us and for our clients. This blog is part of that: our honest take on the latest version of MAIA, Mendix’s AI assistant, based on
From Idea to App with MAIA: Our Take on MAIA Plan & Make in Mendix 11.8 Read More »
Part of what we do at The Orange Force is explore new tech before recommending it to anyone. So when my colleague Trong Tran spotted TOON as a “token-efficient alternative to JSON”, we had to take a look. Our first reaction: skeptical. Another format trying to solve a problem that JSON handles fine? Sure. But
We Tested TOON for Token Efficiency, and found some useful cases Read More »
We’ve rolled out Claude to everyone at The Orange Force. Every consultant now has an AI sparring partner to help them work more efficiently. The thinking is simple: we’d rather solve complex problems for our clients than spend hours formatting documentation or digging through old project notes. Claude handles that kind of routine work, research,
The AI-Infused Consultancy: Engineering Value at the Speed of Thought Read More »
Mendix & GenAI: From Builder to Conductor – A 2025 Retrospective and Roadmap for 2026 The holidays are behind us, and 2026 is officially underway. Hopefully, you had some time to recharge and reflect during the break. But now that we are back at it, this isn’t just a standard retrospective. While 2025 was the
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From Microfoam to Microflow Part three: Brewing Data into Dashboards Debugging an Espresso Machine Finally, the moment was there to test the entire setup. Two weeks ago, when I hooked up all the components to the Gaggia Classic, it was showtime for the MQTT configuration. At first, everything looked promising—the Gaggimate connected nicely to my
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From Microfoam to Microflow Part two: Continuous Espresso Deployment Installing the Gaggimate Pro & Brewing in the Cloud A few days after hitting “publish” on Part 1, a small package arrived from Italy: my Gaggimate Pro modification kit. This is the point where curiosity meets commitment. If you read the first post, you’ll know I
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From Microfoam to Microflow Part one: Goodbye Isomac, welcome Gaggia! If you had told me five years ago that I’d be working my head around water temperature, extraction pressure, and brew ratios, I would’ve laughed and reached for a cup of Nespresso coffee. But things change—especially when you discover the joy of a well-brewed espresso
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Scaling video delivery in Mendix applications requires thinking beyond the platform’s capabilities. Mendix developers face a significant challenge when implementing video functionality in their applications: the platform’s native approach to video handling simply wasn’t designed for efficient delivery at scale. When your Mendix application serves video content directly, each file must be loaded entirely into
How To: Distributing Video Content in Mendix Using Amazon CloudFront and S3 Read More »
If you’ve spent any time in the Mendix ecosystem — either as a developer, manager, or trainer — you’ve probably noticed this pattern: someone completes learning paths, reads some documentation or blogs, watches a youtube video, probably passes an exam or two… and then freezes when they need to build something real. Why? Because understanding theory isn’t the same as being able to apply it.
From Theory to Practice — Why Hands-On Training Builds Better Mendix Developers Read More »
As Mendix developers, we often encounter scenarios where we need to duplicate data, whether it’s copying an object for a new record, creating a template, or preserving an original state before modifications. The Community Commons module, a staple in the Mendix Marketplace, offers a powerful tool for this: the DeepClone Java action. Unlike a simple
DeepClone Demystified: A Guide for Mendix Developers Read More »
Hackathons, who these days hasn’t heard of them? Although originating in the 90s, hackathons have quickly gained popularity and are now used by both developers and organizations to discover new opportunities for their software. For enterprises, these sorts of events can also lead to new insights and business opportunities. For developers, taking part in a
What the Hack! How our developers use the Mendix Hackathons to challenge themselves Read More »
Imagine a future where engineers on the shop floor solve technical issues within minutes using AI-powered applications. That future? It’s already here. On October 16th, dsm-firmenich’s Digital & Tech’s Low-Code Chapter led by Anouke Tielens-Coenegracht, in collaboration with The Orange Force, hosted an innovative hackathon, focused on making life easier for shop floor engineers by
They can build apps, widgets, Java actions, play FIFA, and in recent times also have become podcast hosts! Our colleagues Paul Ketelaars and Freek Brinkhuis have launched their new podcast show called No Deploy Fridays. This podcast is all about the technicalities of the Mendix Low Code Platform. Are you interested in learning more about,
No Deploy Fridays podcast with Freek Brinkhuis & Paul Ketelaars Read More »
Mendix developers, there seems to be a chronic shortage of them. Each year Mendix does a survey with their customers to determine their biggest challenges. And for the last couple of years the developer shortage has made the top 3. There are quite probably several reasons for this shortage. But for this blog I want
My journey to becoming a Mendix developer and how you can too Read More »
