Mike Wolfe - No Longer Set

Week in Review: October 24, 2026

Highlights include the six-month Access roadmap, building an Access COM add-in, a Registry helper class, and generating QR codes in pure VBA.

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: October 22, 2026

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we revisit my B-BEAR technique and other tips for making safer changes on live databases.

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: October 20, 2026

Highlights include the initial release of command-line tool tblaunch to support automated workflows and a preview of fafalone's forthcoming rich edit control.

Week in Review

Week in Review: October 17, 2026

Highlights include a free Access image gallery with carousel, the value of custom vs. off-the-shelf software, and how to pre-select a file in File Explorer from VBA.

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: October 15, 2026

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we revisit a tip on writing better custom software proposals: knowing which question to answer.

Version Control

The Road Now Taken: Why AI Moved Me from Mercurial to Git

As the world marched inexorably toward Git, I clung for dear life to Mercurial--until now. AI is the anvil that broke the camel's back.

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: October 13, 2026

Highlights include a tour de force of documentation improvements and a free 2D MMORPG Maker built with twinBASIC.

AI

The Jevons Paradox: Why AI Is Good News for Access Developers

Who needs software developers when we have AI? More businesses than ever before, I predict.

Week in Review

Week in Review: October 10, 2026

Highlights include support for big forms and reports, the debut of my new Access web comic, and formatting query results in a Word doc via VBA.

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: October 8, 2026

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we anthropomorphize VBA's neglect at Microsoft and debut the first episode of our new web comic, "Compact & Repair".

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: October 6, 2026

Highlights include ~43x compile-time improvements for certain kinds of twinBASIC projects.

Week in Review

Week in Review: October 3, 2026

Highlights include a free DLL to run OCR from VBA, a color picker utility, an RDCore milestone, and advice for businesses when their Access developer leaves suddenly.

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: October 1, 2026

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we return to a technique that you can use to keep the *contents* of your data in tip-top shape.

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: September 29, 2026

Highlights include the long-awaited release of LLVM support--resulting in faster performance and smaller file sizes of compiled twinBASIC applications.

Week in Review

Week in Review: September 26, 2026

Highlights include a new built-in feature to create cascading combo boxes, tips for getting and setting the Office language via VBA, and a talk on UserForms in Office.

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: September 24, 2026

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we revisit some articles on UI design in Access, including a great technical tip on creating custom right-click menus.

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: September 22, 2026

Highlights include a sample twinBASIC project using touch gestures to manipulate images, a call for idea for improving Debug.Print, and a sneak peek at forthcoming DDE support.

Week in Review

Week in Review: September 19, 2026

Highlights include the latest Access news from Karl Donaubauer, an update on the reimagined Rubberduck project, and how to run a free AI model on your local PC.

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: September 17, 2026

In today's edition of Throwback Thursday, we return to a few articles that focus on the *WHY* of version control.

twinBASIC Weekly Update

twinBASIC Update: September 15, 2026

Highlights include a peek behind the scenes at Wayne's workflow as the LLVM release sees its shadow once more.

Business

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

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.