A daily newsletter about automation and eliminating friction.
Stop calling requirements 'non-functional'! You want deliveries that don't function? Why name it wrong? Call it what it is! If you look closer at non-functional requirements, they fall into two groups: 1οΈβ£ Operational requirements π Just like Function requirements, it...
π‘ Quick tip: Browse GitHub code easily! Used to clone locally and open in VS Code? π₯οΈ Switch 'github.com' to 'github.dev' and experience magic β¨. Or simply press . (yes, a dot)! π―
π οΈ Want to know more about Field Service with Remote Assist? π₯οΈ π Coming Saturday (27/5) Devikumari Krishna is going to tell us about it. π¬ Join the Malaysia Dynamics 365 & Power Platform User Group virtual meetup! π...
Having a cleaner is a game changer π The household income level at which you can and should hire a cleaner πΌ is a lot lower than most people think π€ If both of you have full-time jobs π§π©βπΌ, just take a cleaner. You can probably afford it π° It is timesavingβ³ and...
π Why does anybody think that a combo box that lists every country in the world is a good idea? π Or picking a year from a list from 1900? π How older I get, how more I need to scroll. π€¦ββοΈ Sure, verify user input, but this is not the way! β
I am trying out Docker for the first time. I'm using Azure Functions a lot. They are nice, but you need to follow a certain program model to get them working. βοΈ Azure Container Apps were released last year. They simplified managing containers to my level. They can...
Last weekend was the first time I used Docker. π³ For me, it was hard to see the value it delivers. Most of the reasons for using Docker sounded vague to me. π€ Also, most of the benefits could be solved in other ways. When it really connected for me, was when I...
π³ Docker is 10-year-old and I never used it. π€· I am a software architect, but I never feel the pain that Docker tries to fix. Why? π§ Because of: - βοΈ cloud services (PaaS & SaaS) - π¦ package management (NuGet, npm) - ποΈ build automation - βοΈ hosted development...
π‘Tip: Start #JetBrains #Rider from the terminal? π Just like Visual Studio Code? π 'code .' Add the toolbox scripts folder to your PATH π§ See https://www.jetbrains.com/help/rider/Working_with_the_IDE_Features_from_Command_Line.html#toolbox Now you can use #Rider or...
Power Virtual Agents in the Power Platform sucks. I never believed in this component. I don't like it. The chatbots in Power Virtual Agents are scripted and feel very artificial. I personally never liked to talk to a chatbot myself. There was only one time a chatbot...
You want to call Form OnLoad multiple times? Don't! I was reading about a blogpost to trigger the Form OnLoad multiple times. This should happen after the data was saved and/or refreshed. Why would you want this? Usually, the Form OnLoad contains logic to change the...
I like to take Continuous Delivery to the extreme! I was always feeling friction doing ALM. Following the so-called best practices of others. Practices which are often based on not trusting each other. Adding more environments as stages, adding approval steps, doing...
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