Dennis van der Stelt

Dennis van der Stelt

I'm a developer, international speaker and coach/trainer. I love to discuss code, software architecture and distributed systems, messaging, star wars and lego with anyone who wants to listen or speak.
I currently work at Particular Software on NServiceBus.

Autonomous mode and a git push I almost missed

Autonomous mode and a git push I almost missed

Two fixes after the series - letting Claude run without interruptions inside Docker, and a git-wtadd bug that was silently pushing commits to main

Sticking with Claude Code

Sticking with Claude Code

OpenCode looked great on paper. After a week of daily use, I'm going back to Claude Code.

From Claude-specific to agent-agnostic

From Claude-specific to agent-agnostic

Container naming, terminal quirks, smarter worktrees, and the principle behind it all

Adding OpenCode to the Docker toolbox

Adding OpenCode to the Docker toolbox

When a second AI tool exposes every assumption baked into your launcher scripts

AI coding agents in Docker

AI coding agents in Docker

A series on running AI coding tools in a containerized development environment on Windows

Claude Code - Worktrees and configuration

Claude Code - Worktrees and configuration

Teaching an AI agent your conventions so it can actually follow them

Running Claude Code in Docker

Running Claude Code in Docker

How I keep my Windows machine clean by stuffing all development tools into a Docker container

Why saga patterns beat orchestration for long-running processes

Why saga patterns beat orchestration for long-running processes

Orchestration looks great on a whiteboard until your orchestrator becomes the single point of everything

From Dotcom to DotCon - Are We Living in a Subscription Bubble?

From Dotcom to DotCon - Are We Living in a Subscription Bubble?

A witty look at how we're drowning in subscriptions and why it might all pop like the dotcom bubble