A daily newsletter about automation and eliminating friction.
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! See the changes you forgot to add to your solution. Nice for customers...
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? ๐๏ธโจ Seeing it implemented like wildfire across businesses. It's got to be doing wonders! ๐ฅ๐ผ 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 simplicity of creating a collection with: List<int> start = [1, 2,...
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 Engagement bundle. You pay one price, but it exists out of multiple apps....
Ever heard of LOGAF? LOGAF stands for 'Level of Giving a Fuck' and, trust me, it's not just a fancy term. Itโs a life-altering philosophy you'll want to embrace. Rewind to my youthful days, armed to the hilt, ready to challenge, ready to combat. The battleground?...
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 minimalist logger from Microsoft, lets you fulfill your dependency...
Missing the metro isn't a big deal... If you know another one's just five minutes away! ๐ Ever felt the same about software releases? ๐ค If you can release anytime, missing a release isn't a concern. Just add it to the next one! ๐ก Hold on! What about fixed release...
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'. Efficiency is the game changer. The real key to the big bucks isn't...
Entitled Open-Source Users! Yesterday, I touched on Moq... It had included a 'SponsorLink', causing a bit of a stir with email fiddling. ๐ง Its purpose? Simple... to check if you've sponsored Moq. If not, consider a warning message in your build. ๐จ Now, don't get me...
Remove Moq now! Using Moq for dotnet mocking? ๐Watch out! Since version 4.20, they've introduced a sneaky SponserLink. What does it do? It scans for your ๐ฉemail in your git folder during build. Sounds risky, right? The solution? Say ๐goodbye to Moq or downgrade to...
Software development - a love that consumes you โค๏ธ Steals your hours โฐ, your camaraderie ๐ค, even your romance ๐ Despite your best intentions to balance it, the scales โ๏ธ tip towards it. The real twist? You sort of enjoy this imbalance ๐ . After all, it's your passion...
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Microsoft Power Platform Advisor with over 25 years of experience in IT with a focus on (marketing) automation and integration.
Helping organizations with scaling their business by automating processes on the Power Platform (Dynamics 365).
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