One Weekly read on Automation & Development

Outgrow your Virtual Assistant? 🧐 If you are hiring too many people to do manual tasks... Chances are you can cut those costs and automate it instead. This leads to higher margins and less overhead....

Common Data Services Default Solution is gone? Everything you do in Dataverse (Dynamics 365) outside of a solution is being 'recorded' in the Common Data Services Default Solution. Very convenient!...

C# was originally a copy of Java. How the tables have turned! My looking at the new features in Java 21: records improved switch multiline strings instanceof pattern matching

Who's unlocking the magic of L.A.F.A.B.L.E? 🗝️✨ Seeing it implemented like wildfire across businesses. It's got to be doing wonders! 🔥💼 https://www.lafable.com/

Behold the magic of collection literals in the soon-to-be-released .NET 8! Python users have been flaunting this feature for some time now, envy-inducing for sure. But why the fuss? Picture the...

Dynamics 365 Customer Insights is here It's a combination of two existing apps: - Dynamics 365 Marketing (journey) - Dynamics 365 Customer Insights (data). See this as the Dynamics 365 Customer...

Ever heard of LOGAF? LOGAF stands for 'Level of Giving a Fuck' and, trust me, it's not just a fancy term. It’s a life-altering philosophy you'll want to embrace. Rewind to my youthful days, armed to...

Think it's necessary to mock ILogger? Using Moq or NSubstitute to do this? Think again. In the C# world, many developers do this - but there's a more efficient way. Enter NullLogger. NullLogger, a...

Missing the metro isn't a big deal... If you know another one's just five minutes away! 🕐 Ever felt the same about software releases? 🤔 If you can release anytime, missing a release isn't a concern....

Hard work vs. smart work An age-old debate. Ever thought 'busy' might be a trap? It's not the hours we pour into work, but the work we pour into those hours. Replace 'work hard' with 'work smart'....

Entitled Open-Source Users! Yesterday, I touched on Moq... It had included a 'SponsorLink', causing a bit of a stir with email fiddling. 📧 Its purpose? Simple... to check if you've sponsored Moq. If...