Rick van den Bosch

I build software & cloud systems.
Azure + .NET + AI | Microsoft | Speaker | Betatalks

[Rick van den Bosch @rickvdbosch]

Progress comes from improving what already works. I enjoyed hearing how Anders Hejlsberg, creator of #TypeScript, balanced performance, quality, and #AI in TypeScript 7.0.

It's how we innovate at Microsoft: https://t.co/wXIe77qEoi

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Curious to see if and how the YouTube community feature works...
https://t.co/aAjBs6Vh5M

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🎙️ In this Betatalks episode, @rickvdbosch & @oscarvantol talk with Wilco Burggraaf about cutting digital waste and building smarter, more sustainable systems. #GreenSoftware #Sustainability https://t.co/RvrQ7NRAA1

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🎥What if the biggest improvement to your test automation isn't a new tool, but the way you write your code? In this Betatalks video, Bram and Christian show how SOLID principles help testers build more maintainable, scalable and reliable test automation. https://t.co/Z1C5WtgTfs

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Looks like devices can get heatstroke, too ...

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🎙️AI agents are changing the way developers build software. In this new Betatalks episode @rickvdbosch & @oscarvantol talk with @burkeholland. They discuss GitHub Copilot, AI agents, coding in the terminal and the future of software development. https://t.co/5Ky9XKzAWe

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Yeah, we saw the typo 🫣 We're working on it!

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It has been a long time in the making, but @oscarvantol and I FINALLY got to talk to @burkeholland in #betatalks the #podcast. And it was nothing short of awesome 😊

cc @Betabitnl

https://t.co/uEYv8tjXBm

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AI is changing software testing faster than ever. But are we keeping up?🎙️In this podcast episode, @rickvdbosch & @oscarvantol talk with Ronald Veth about AI, test automation, and why blindly trusting AI-generated code can be risky. https://t.co/pIxGDFKGHA

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Wow... been a while since I saw this one!

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@davidfowl @Betabitnl @oscarvantol @vnbaaij Thanks for keeping us sharp! We'll make sure to update the podcast episode title and description.

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🎙️New Betatalks alert: @rickvdbosch & @oscarvantol talk with @vnbaaij, maintainer of Microsoft’s Fluent UI Blazor library, about open source, the Microsoft ecosystem, .NET Aspire, AI, and modern software development.

https://t.co/Oc8nNHJPvX

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🎙️New Betatalks: @rickvdbosch & @oscarvantol talk with Hannah King about cloud architecture, security, AI and creativity in engineering. They discuss why many organizations still struggle with cloud fundamentals and how AI is reshaping security operations.
https://t.co/KDR0X6nikl

[Microsoft Azure @Azure]

OpenAI's GPT-image-2 is coming to Microsoft Foundry with notable updates for production image workflows: improved editing performance, enhancements to image quality, new multilingual and thinking capabilities, and broader support for resolutions and aspect ratios—including 4K. Together, these updates give teams more flexibility when generating and refining images at scale.

Learn more: https://t.co/3EBXjidoh5

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🎙️New episode: Applying AI in Agricultural Robotics. @rickvdbosch & @oscarvantol talk with Julian de Wit about moving from Kaggle to real-world AI. Less hype, more reality: clear use cases, good data, and many small, optimized models make the difference. https://t.co/ye25zgV6sf

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🎙️New podcast episode: @rickvdbosch and @oscarvantol talk with @HarmVeenstra. He shares how PowerShell and automation shaped his journey to MVP, his role in the community, and why automation only works when paired with proper governance.
https://t.co/yMhatYos02

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🎙️In this #betatalks episode, @rickvdbosch and @oscarvantol talk with Toon Vanhoutte about moving from BizTalk to modern Azure architectures. Scalable integrations, solid APIs, reliable data. That’s where AI starts to deliver real value. #GenAI #Azure
https://t.co/PNEcWjYP5o

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🎙️New Betatalks: @rickvdbosch and @oscarvantol talk with Emily van Putten, tech leader, Microsoft MVP and founder of Beleeve. She shares how her gender transition revealed bias in the tech industry and why we need a more people-first tech ecosystem. https://t.co/bArwg8fbQK

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The Wall Street Journal highlights how @Microsoft helped pull the plug on a massive criminal platform that sold ready-made online hacking kits for budding cybercriminals. This kind of collaboration helps protect our customers and the digital economy. 🌍
https://t.co/TtdJDVMoan

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🎙️New Betatalks: The Reality of AI in Software Development. @rickvdbosch and @oscarvantol explore where AI truly adds value in early 2026, where it still falls short, and the risks of relying on AI output in compliant production environments. #AI
https://t.co/ksnjeP04lF