Marc Duiker 🎩⚡

Supercharge your technical presentations with DemoTime I ❤️ OSS, Improving Developer Experience, Drawing Pixel Art, and Handcrafting Generative Art

Blogged: Supercharge your technical presentations with DemoTime! 🚀
marcduiker.dev/articles/sup...

Enjoying some #creativecoding with #p5js on a nice summer evening outside.

1. The tabs for OS and language selection are persistent again! 🥳
2. It's easier now to contribute to the docs since you can use the latest Hugo version. 🚀
Bonus: I've made some small style changes to align better with the main Dapr website. 🎨

Dapr 1.16 preview docs website.

Have you seen the Dapr 1.16 preview docs site? Docs link => v1-16.docs.dapr.io. It's finally upgraded to use the latest Hugo! (it was running on a version from 2022 😬) Upgrading it was quite some work, since the markdown content files also needed to be updated. There are two major wins... 🧵

Join me at #HeapCon in Belgrade on October 30th and 31st! Get your tickets here: heapcon.io/2025 #Dapr

YouTube video by TEDx Talks Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? | Scott Hanselman | TEDxPortland

Hey friends! I did a TEDx talk and it's now up on the TED Conferences YouTube. It's possibly the best and most important talk I've ever done.

I would ask that you watch it, and please SHARE it broadly and widely. Thank you! youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg #AI #Tech #TED

I had so much fun making and testing this game! 😎 I'll be using this after the summer at some conferences where Diagrid will be sponsoring. See you later this year!

I got the Dapr Components Contributor badge from Dapr! @willvelida has earned the Dapr Components Contributor badge from Dapr.

Trying to contribute more through open source this year, so very happy to pick up this contributor badge from @daprdev.bsky.social: www.holopin.io/userbadge/cm...

Workflow overview Overview of Dapr Workflow

We've updated the diagrams for Dapr Workflow in our docs! 📖 Have a look at docs.dapr.io/developing-a... and the other workflow sections. We always welcome contributions to improve the docs. You can raise an issue at github.com/dapr/docs/is....

A tech meetup workshop in progress in a modern office space with exposed ceiling beams and large windows overlooking Amsterdam's historic buildings. A presenter stands at the front next to a large screen displaying a 'Dapr Workflow Engine' diagram with blue hexagonal icons and workflow components. Several attendees sit at modern wooden chairs around black tables, facing the presentation. The room has contemporary furnishings, artwork on white walls, and potted plants, creating a professional yet welcoming atmosphere for the .NET Amsterdam meetup.

🙏 Thanks to everyone who joined yesterday's meetup! We've enjoyed an amazing #dapr workflows workshop by @marcduiker.dev

Shoutout to Effectory for sponsoring the venue & @diagrid.bsky.social for sponsoring dinner!

Check out www.diagrid.io/dapr-univers... if you missed it!

#dotnet #microservices

Use toads 🐸

Dapr Workflow workshop Use durable execution to build resilient distributed apps, Wed, Jun 18, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup This meetup is organized in collaboration with the [Amsterdam.dev](https://www.meetup.com/amsterdam-dev/) meetup. A big thank you to [Diagrid ](https://www.diagrid.io/)for

Join us on June 18th for an evening of cloud-native innovation with @marcduiker.dev‬.
🎯 Learn how .NET teams are building resilient, distributed apps with ease using Dapr.
🍻 Connect with fellow devs, enjoy some drinks, and get inspired!
📍 RSVP now on Meetup – spots are limited!

Was great to talk with James about the success they're having with Dapr! 💪

My secret ingredient for smooth demos and presentations! 😉

(It's actually a VSCode extension called DemoTime by @eliostruyf.com: marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa...)

Overview of the slides from the Dapr Workflow slide deck.

Working on a dedicated Dapr Workflow slide deck that can be downloaded via the Dapr Docs soon! It will include durable execution & workflow engines, workflow as code pros and cons, workflow authoring, workflow patterns, workflow management, replay behavior, and challenges and tips.

Glad you liked it, Laurent! Much more to come in the next weeks!

Preparing my #Dapr slides and demos ( #VSCode + DemoTime 🚀) for my next presentation at DevTalksRomania!

Dana presenting about Dapr Agents.

I had a great time at @pyladiesams.bsky.social yesterday where Dana Arsovska and I gave a #Dapr Agents workshop! Thanks to everyone who attended, to Una and Giulia for organizing and to @jetbrains.com for hosting and providing us with delicious pizza and drinks! 🤗

Street in the old town of Coimbra, with colourful top hats hanging

I might have found “Dapr Street” in Coimbra, Portugal @daprdev.bsky.social

Aseprite window showing a pixelart drawing that contains a blue and yellow droid head with wide open eyes and glasses. A partial blue torso is visible that contains a yellow Dapr top hat.

Work in progress...
#pixelart #dapr

I've spent hours on this deck so you don't have to! Use it as a starting point for your Dapr presentations. And let me know if you've used it, and how it can be improved 🙏.

Essential for everyone doing Dapr presentations!

Alex Mang is CEO of KeyTicket Solutions. We asked him 5 questions about Dapr.0:00 Intro0:19 What do you like best about Dapr?1:07 What problem did Dapr solve... 5 questions for Alex Mang

Hear from Alex Mang why he likes Dapr and how it's useful for his cloud native projects: youtu.be/ippHXnk46nM
#cncf

Enable scalable, structured AI agent coordination with Dapr Workflows As AI agents become more autonomous, orchestrating their behavior within reliable systems is critical. Dapr Workflows, now supporting LLM-driven agents, enables structured, fault-tolerant…

Joining #MSBuild online this week? Watch this on-demand session by Kendall Roden: "Enable scalable, structured AI agent coordination with Dapr Workflows"

Schedule: build.microsoft.com/en-US/sessio...

It's video editing time today! I've recorded several #Dapr end-user interviews over the last few months, and today I'm editing them in DaVinci Resolve 🎞️. They'll soon appear on the Dapr YouTube channel! 🎥

Dapr Meteors Program Dapr Meteors Program

We're very happy to welcome 5 new Dapr Meteors 🌠 into our community championship program!

- Christophe Gigax
- Jose María Flores Zazo
- Manuel Zapf
- Rodrigo Díaz Concha
- Walter Coan

Thank you for making such a big impact in our community! 🙏

Read more on our website: dapr.io/community/pr...

From Zero to Event-Driven with Dapr and Azure Service Bus Tired of chatty REST APIs? Let’s go event-driven! In this live demo, we’ll transform a REST-based microservice into a scalable, event-driven system using Dapr and Azure Service Bus. You’ll see how…

Are you at #MSBuild next week? Then join the session "From Zero to Event-Driven with Dapr and Azure Service Bus" by Alex Mang and Saumil Shrivastava!

📅 Monday, May 19
🕒 11:15 PDT
ID: DEM538

Schedule: build.microsoft.com/en-US/sessio...

Dapr Community Call - May 14th 2025 - Microcks | Workflow Composer Join the community call on May 14th! 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/...

Join us on May 14th at 9am PST / 18:00 CEST for another Dapr Community Call!🧑‍💻🎥

- Microcks + Dapr
- Dapr Workflow Composer
- Community show and tell

Live stream: youtube.com/live/pbla9Ij...

VSCode editor showing a Dapr workflow in Python

Currently writing #Dapr workflows in #Python 🐍 for Dapr University! You can try out the Dapr Workflow track right now for .NET, but in about a week the Python content will be added to it! 🚀https://www.diagrid.io/dapr-university