A daily newsletter about automation and eliminating friction.
Are outdated rules strangling your company's potential? Have you ever walked into a company and felt like rules had taken over common sense? Here’s a pattern I’ve noticed: A mistake happens ➡️ A rule is created ➡️ Over time, rules pile up and slows everything down. A...
🔍 Unlock the Power of Your Browser with Address Bar Shortcuts! Ever heard of Address Bar Shortcuts to search engines? If not, you’re about to discover a game-changing feature! 🔑 Imagine this: type 'g' followed by your keyword in the address bar, and BOOM! Google...
Converting to ConvertKit! I wouldn't recommend this to everyone, but... migrating to ConvertKit has transformed my email marketing game. Here's why I've made the switch from ActiveCampaign: ✅ Modern sleek interface: It's intuitive and easy on the eyes. No more...
Ditching ActiveCampaign! I remember the thrill of signing up for ActiveCampaign, dreaming of revolutionizing my email marketing. But today, my story takes a turn. I'm saying goodbye to ActiveCampaign, and here's why: 🚫 Clunky Interface: Feels like navigating through...
No need for a full-time Dynamics 365 developer? 🤔 Power Platform is amazing for no-code/low-code solutions. ✨ But sometimes you need a developer to get the most out of the platform. 💡 Hiring a full-time developer isn't always practical. What if you could have a...
Fast way to increase your developer salary? Earning potential in the tech world isn't just about what you know, it's about how niche your expertise is. Consider this: Erlang, Elixir, Clojure, and Ruby aren't mainstream, but they're at the top of the Stack Overflow...
ReSharper is 20 years old! 🎉 Reading https://blog.jetbrains.com/dotnet/2024/07/23/resharper-20-years/ makes me realize how long I have been a .NET developer. I still remember using ReSharper for the first time. 💡 ReSharper made Visual Studio a much better IDE. 🚀 It...
Switching from Google to Bing 🔍 Recently, I've decided to switch from Google Search to Microsoft Bing, and here’s why: Ad Overload on Google: Google's integration of its advertising and search teams has led to a surge in sponsored links. This trend often means...
Improving Optimization? The traditional steps of Optimization: 1. Eliminate 2. Automate or 3. Delegate What if we added a missing element? Simplify. Before automating a convoluted workflow or delegating a tangled task, strip away the unnecessary. Make processes leaner...
Unit tests for Dataverse plugins? I must admit, I almost never write unit tests for Dataverse plugins. Plugins are often quite simple, testing them in isolation is not particularly useful. Often you only test a couple of if-statements. Unit tests don't bring a lot of...
New Dynamics 365 browser extension I'm trying out the new -Power Roles- extension and it looks very promising. You browse to a Dynamics 365 (or Power Apps) app and then you press -record-. It will then monitor all the action you do in the app and propose which...
SpecFlow: Great concept, flawed execution. SpecFlow, a BDD framework designed to make writing scenarios a breeze for requirement analysts. The problem: It falls short of its promise. ❌ The reality? Analysts rarely, if ever, write the specs themselves. Instead,...
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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).
Expert in Power Platform, Dynamics 365 (Marketing & Sales) and Azure Integration Services. Giving advice and strategy consultancy.
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