The Daily Friction

A daily newsletter about automation and eliminating friction.

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 minuteIf you do anything at the last minute that takes more than a minute, you’re not...

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Why you don’t need more projects

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, once in a while, come across a 100+ projects in 1 solution in the wild...

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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 of Power Automate is https://make.powerautomate.com. It doesn't...

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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 happen if we bought a tool for €1000 that reduces our work by 20%? You...

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Listening accomplishes more than speaking

Listening accomplishes more than speaking I see people falling into the same trap every time. I still even fall for it sometimes. They start talking when they should listen. ❌ When introducing your service or productStarting with what your product fixes when you never...

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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 I don't do the most important tasks first 🎯 Yet I am still...

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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 This can be handy because you can assign different security roles to...

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Refactorings I always do in JavaScript

In the past 10 years I have updated a lot of JavaScript in Dynamics 365 CRM. These are the 5 refactorings I always do: ✅ Adding executionContext to functions;Passing the executionContext is the new way to access Xrm.Page. Make sure you flag 'Pass execution context as...

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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 was to add the dependency to the solution. But then it was...

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Job-hopping: Don’t

Job-hopping: Don’t

Yesterday I posted about the best way to increase your salary as a consultant. How? By switching jobs! Sad but true. I explained about when you should do it and the benefits when you switch jobs: your salary can increase by 5-10%. While staying for the yearly pay...

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Job-hopping: Do it

Job-hopping: Do it

This might be the best way to increase your salary as a consultant. I hired people, did salary negotiation, gave yearly pay raises, but I never give them my best advice to raise their salary. Switch jobs! Sad but true. Job-hopping can boost your salary more than those...

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Javascript async/await in Dynamics 365

Javascript async/await in Dynamics 365

Why isn’t targeting ES5 in JavaScript working anymore in Dynamics 365 / Power Platform. I see a lot of Dynamics 365 still targeting ES5 (or ES6) in JavaScript and missing out on some new features. Looking at the features in JavaScript and their support in...

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Remy van Duijkeren

Remy van Duijkeren

Power Platform Advisor

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.

Services:
– Strategy and tactics advise
– Automating and integrating

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