Writing

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Escape your characters

Yesterday I posted about variables when sending mails using ActiveCampaign. Talking about variables like %RSS:ITEM:TITLE‌% inside an email I send using ActiveCampaign will of course trigger...

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RSS Title as Email Subject

RSS Title as Email Subject

💡Tip: How to add an RSS Title as an Email subject in ActiveCampaign? I always write my daily ramblings first in my blog. This is the place where my content starts. Something about...

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Power Pages Secure?

Power Pages Secure?

Power Pages! They tell me it's easy and is very secure, it's built in! I am not fully convinced when I hear this. Why? Simple said: "Easy and Security don't mix". Making something more secure will...

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The last minute

Yesterday, the following quote hit a nerve with me, as a person who sometimes suffers from procrastination. This is the quote from Seth Godin (the guru in marketing): "The last minute If you do...

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solution structure

Why you don’t need more projects

After 15 years of taking over other .NET developer their solutions, one thing that always flabbergasts me is... All the reasons why they have created dozens of projects in their solution. I even,...

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10 new features in Power Automate

10 new features in Power Automate

Here are 10 new features in Power Automate that you may be missed. Power Automate is growing fast and these are the things that have caught my attention in the last couple of months: ✅ The new place...

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Hourly billing hates Productivity

Why hourly billing isn't working anymore. It hates productivity. There is no incentive to improve it. Suppose we define increasing productivity: fewer hours for the same result. So, what would...

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Focus on what actually matters

I drink at least 4 cups of coffee☕I'll watch a lot of YouTube and Netflix 🍿I am still working on my procrastination ⌛I wake up late 🛌I’m not taking any breaks 🧟I don't exercise a lot 🏋️And sometimes...

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Improving the Form Switcher

Improving the Form Switcher

In Microsoft Dynamics 365, Model Driven Apps in the Power Platform, you can create multiple main forms for the same table or TOFKAE (The Object Formally Known As Entity). When to use multiple forms...

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Removing DefaultCommandLibrary

💡Tip: Is DefaultCommandLibrary blocking your deployments? Last week we had an issue deploying, because suddenly we had a dependency on a component library called DefaultCommandLibrary. Our quick fix...

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Remy van Duijkeren

Remy van Duijkeren

Power Platform Architect

I help Dynamics 365 teams remove friction. Architecture, automation, and integrations that hold up.