Mike Wolfe - No Longer Set

First Principles: How NVIDIA's Pursuit of the Speed of Light Can Inspire Access Developers

To achieve greatness, you need to measure yourself against the right limits.

Week in Review: September 12, 2026

Highlights include videos on Custom VBA Event programming and a new Graph Authenticator tool, plus a roundup of the latest Access bug fixes.

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: September 10, 2026

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we revisit a few of my favorite Access-related AutoHotkey scripts (including one that could help with the new zooming feature).

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: September 8, 2026

Highlights include another teaser about the upcoming LLVM beta release along with a revised timeline.

Week in Review

Week in Review: September 5, 2026

Highlights include a TreeView control rendered in the Edge browser control, getting Office license info via SysCmd, and the latest on the new zoom feature.

Move Fast

Outcome-Based Instructions

With today's more capable models, it's almost always better to prompt them with what your goal is, rather than how to get there.

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: September 3, 2026

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we return to a series I wrote on using Test Driven Development to convert a working VBA function to a SQL Server scalar function.

Business

How Much Will It Cost? (The Instant Answer)

It's the most consequential question any prospect asks. Here's how to give a useful answer on the spot.

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: September 1, 2026

Highlights include a twinBASIC shout-out from an ignominious source and the anticipated release of LLVM compiler optimization integration.

Move Fast

RLVF: A Practical Example

How to instruct an AI agent to run unattended for long stretches of time without going hopelessly off track.

Week in Review

Week in Review: August 29, 2026

Highlights include a TreeView that runs in the Edge control, hiding the Access splash screen, and a value-driven approach to prioritizing your feature backlog.

Business

The Value Matrix: Prioritizing Work for New Clients

From Home Runs to Money Pits, this handy reference will help keep you focused on delivering value to your clients as a Microsoft Access consultant.

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: August 27, 2026

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we revisit some advanced tips for debugging "Automation" errors with those crazy numbers, like -2,147,024,891.

Move Fast

Boost AI Productivity with Tight, Verifiable Feedback Loops

"‘Move 37’: a play so unconventional that professional commentators initially thought it was a mistake."

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: August 25, 2026

Highlights include an update to a community twinBASIC webcam sample application and...umm...quiet anticipation for the upcoming LLVM beta release.

Announcement

George Hepworth's Blog

Looking for good Microsoft Access content in 2026? Look no further than the revived blog of former 13-time Access MVP George Hepworth.

Bug Alert

Bug Alert: Font Issues, Shrunken PDF Exports, and Hard Crashes

Sudden font issues in your Access forms? PDF report exports way too small? You may be suffering from the latest Microsoft Access bugs.

Week in Review

Week in Review: August 22, 2026

Highlights include Phase 2 of the new zoom feature in Access, a talk on using the Edge browser control to extend Access, and a free UserForm tool for finding VBA code modules.

Under 100

What is a Business App?

Working from first principles, this is my no-nonsense, high signal-to-noise ratio definition of a business application.

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: August 20, 2026

In this edition of Throwback Thursday, I revisit a few of my early articles on AI to see how they've held up over time.

Version Control

VBA Letter Casing Nightmare Fixed in VCS Addin v5+

Do you write it `SQL` or `Sql` or `sql`? With v5 of the VCS Addin, you can choose one (and enforce it!) so Git will stop hassling you.

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: August 18, 2026

Highlights include a progress update on the ongoing LLVM implementation, as well as sample projects showcasing webcam capture and a GDID monitoring utility.

Commentary

AI: The Point of Highest Reality

Meeting the AI moment does not require new best practices: it requires rigorous application of the same software development best practices we've always had.

Commentary

"I Code, Therefore I Am"

What am I if not a programmer?

Week in Review

Week in Review: August 15, 2026

Highlights include a talk on anonymizing Access & SQL Server data, tips & techniques for working with AI, and fine-tuning the new Access Zoom feature.