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Developer Advocate at SAP. O'Reilly and SAP Press author. SAP community pioneer and SAP Developer Network co-creator. SAP Mentor Alumnus. Learner. Runner. Just another SAP Hacker. "Bulldog of logic". Opinions my own, and there are many of them.
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Why I like nushell for my SAP-related work like BTP stuff and CAP.

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February 9, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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Moved a little bit further south on the Macclesfield canal, dreary day and rather muddy, but peaceful.
A photo from the towpath of NB FULLY RESTFUL, looking south, where the canal bends round in the distance, where another narrowboat is moored. The sky is grey blue, overcast, and the trees are still bare, a typical February morning.
February 9, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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A new post "Shift left with CAP", where I posit that shifting left in our CAP based solutions is something that we should be striving to do. Grab a ☕️ and I'd love to hear your thoughts too 👉 https://qmacro.org/blog/posts/2026/02/09/shift-left-with-cap/ #SAPCAP
One of the diagrams from the post, showing the "shift left" idea going from right (frontend) to left.
February 9, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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A great 20 min talk on #Awk by Cody Mello. Recommended https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfhMUed9RSE
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February 8, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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Something for the weekend? Catch up on the latest part of our current #HandsOnSAPDev series on CXL in CAP, with fab content for the curious, and for those who want to learn & level up, thanks to Patrice Bender https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6RpkC85SLQCEU8XcyqnA5wYEZGxMPm6B
A screenshot of the video thumbnails in the "Under the hood: CDS Expressions in CAP" series on YouTube, with a photo of me looking happy, pointing at them.
February 8, 2026 at 6:11 AM
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Don't forget to subscribe to our SAP Developers YouTube channel & turn on notifications. It's where real learning happens. 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@sapdevs
a screenshot of the SAP Developers YouTube channel home, showing the header and a couple of upcoming live stream sessions. A photo of me, pointing at the screenshot.
February 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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Catch the replay of today's amazing session on CXL in CAP with Patrice Bender. Learning by doing and driven by curiosity, as usual!

👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD71N7YYuGA
A still image from the live stream replay, showing a cds REPL session on the left hand side where we're examining some "intermediate" SQL flavoured CQN (from the forSQL function), and on the right hand side the browser is open at the "ref (path expression)" part of the CXL topic in Capire (https://cap.cloud.sap/docs/cds/cxl#ref). And as usual there's a silly photo of me overlaid in the corner, this time wearing a warm hat and scarf.
February 6, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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Published my first Chrome Extension:
View and Copy Network Requests with focus on OData Requests
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Network Request & Response Copier: My DevTools Panel for Faster API Debugging
I built a Chrome DevTools extension that lets you copy full request and response data in one click, with special support for OData $batch requests and WebSocket messages.
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February 5, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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Starting in 1 hour from now, join Patrice and me LIVE for Part 4 of our series on CXL in CAP. Everyone welcome! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD71...
CDS expressions in CAP - Under the hood - Part 4
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February 6, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
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February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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Dear #SAPCAP community,

the January 2026 release of CAP is available and we prepared extensive release notes. Not the least the docs have been a major focus, so enjoy a read.

Check it out here: cap.cloud.sap/docs/release...
February 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Bonus second post today: "Modifying queries, replacing the WHERE clause", using the CAP Node.js cds.ql API 👉 https://qmacro.org/blog/posts/2026/02/04/modifying-queries-replacing-the-where-clause/
A crowded Euston railway station with a large display suspended from the ceiling. Superimposed onto the display is a photo of me pointing and looking excited, and this content: > q1 cds.ql { SELECT: { from: { ref: [ 'Bookshop.Books' ] }, where: [ { ref: [ 'title' ] }, 'like', { val: 'Book%' } ] } }
February 4, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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New cds who dis? #SAPCAP
A terminal session showing the output of cds -v at 9.7, all newly formatted ; cds v @sap/cds-dk (global) 9.7.0 ~/.npm-packages/1ib/node_modules/@sap/cds-dk cds. home ~/.npm-packages/1ib/node_modules/@sap/cds-dk/node_modules/@sap/cds cds.root /work/scratch npm root -1 . /node_modules npm root -g ~/.npm-packages/1ib/node_modules Node. js 22.17.1 [usr/local/bin/node # /work/scratch
February 4, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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I know the actual order of the authors likely reflects the contribution weighting, but I think they missed a trick when listing them :-) #Awk #Unix
The cover of a book. Title: The AWK Programming Language Subtitle: Second Edition Author List: Alfred V Aho Brian W Kernighan Peter J Weinberger Also Includes Publisher Series: Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series There's a small picture of two sea birds (I'm not sure what they are, could be penguins) in the water.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 AM
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Read the original (1979) Awk paper last night, and I was struck by how much the language and this paper reflect each other - concise, simple, beautiful. https://www.awk.dev/awk.spe.pdf #Awk #Unix
February 4, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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I didn't have time to make a short title for my new post, thus: "Path expressions, nested projections, aggregations and expressions in queries with CQL and CXL in CAP" #SAPCAP #HandsOnSAPDev qmacro.org/blog/posts/2...
Path expressions, nested projections, aggregations and expressions in queries with CQL and CXL in CAP
A brief exploration of some of the features of CAP's powerful query and expression languages, inspired by our journey into CXL in the current Hands-on SAP Dev series.
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February 4, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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Guess what? This Fri 06 Feb sees Part 4 of our live stream episodes with Patrice Bender on CAP's CXL, which has quickly become a "must watch" series! Everyone welcome, bring your curiosity, questions and passion. Usual time and place: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD71...
CDS expressions in CAP - Under the hood - Part 4
We continue our detailed look at CXL, the expression language which is part of the CDS family of languages, and learn about what expressions are, how to construct them, and how and where they can be u...
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February 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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I'm refreshing the content of the OData Deep Dive series of tutorials (for the SAP Tutorial Navigator), in the open. I'd love to hear your thoughts & feedback as I go along. Details: qmacro.org/blog/posts/2...
OData Deep Dive rewrite in the open
I'm refreshing the content of the OData Deep Dive series of tutorials, in the open.
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February 2, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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Something for the weekend? Why not catch up on parts 1, 2 and 3 of our #HandsOnSAPDev series with Patrice Bender on CXL in CAP? Then you'll be ready for part 4, coming this Fri 06 Feb 🚀 Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD71N7YYuGA&list=PL6RpkC85SLQCEU8XcyqnA5wYEZGxMPm6B
CDS expressions in CAP - Under the hood - Part 4
We continue our detailed look at CXL, the expression language which is part of the CDS family of languages, and learn about what expressions are, how to cons...
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February 1, 2026 at 8:16 AM
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Winter mooring at an end. Back out on the cut.
Narrowboat FULLY RESTFUL moored up, a nice clean towpath runs alongside the port side I to the north distance, and narrowboats can be seen moored on the offside top, next to a white building.
January 31, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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Catch the replay of today's mind-expanding episode of our #HandsOnSAPDev series on CXL with Patrice Bender, so much to discover and learn, all in 60 mins. Share & enjoy! 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVEbvHMxOIY #SAPCAP
A still image from the live stream, showing CDL on the left hand side, and an intermediate SQL construct on the right, via the forSQL() function. Patrice is in the upper left, typing away, and there's a selfie of me, pointing, super-imposed over the still image.
January 30, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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This week's SAP Developer News episode is out now, including a new "Did You Know" slot. Always something to learn! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-mzMGS1gHo
January 30, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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Starting in 1 hour from now, join us LIVE on #HandsOnSAPDev , everyone welcome! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVEbvHMxOIY
CDS expressions in CAP - Under the hood - Part 3
We continue our detailed look at CXL, the expression language which is part of the CDS family of languages, and learn about what expressions are, how to cons...
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January 30, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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The extremist Matt Goodwin, the Farage/Reform candidate in the forthcoming by election, has deleted this now. Please feel free to share, especially in Manchester.
January 29, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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Join Patrice Bender and me tomorrow for Part 3 of our #HandsOnSAPDev live stream series on CXL in CAP. Everyone welcome! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVEbvHMxOIY #SAPCAP
CDS expressions in CAP - Under the hood - Part 3
We continue our detailed look at CXL, the expression language which is part of the CDS family of languages, and learn about what expressions are, how to cons...
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January 29, 2026 at 1:28 PM