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Microsoft is going to block unmanaged solutions in Production 🚫 I hear this argument a lot when debating unmanaged vs managed 🔄 That MS will do this in the next couple of years. I've heard this for...
For ages, we've been ferociously encouraging the integration of developer practices, such as source control and ALM, into the Dynamics 365/Dataverse realm. The ultimate truth The revered 'Master...
I almost never Debug my code. Somehow this is strange in the eyes of fellow developers. They can't image coding without a debugger. For example, I have never felt the need to attach a debugger to a...
The Power of queues! Worker Queues have been added to Power Automate. To me this is an extremely exciting update to the Power Platform. Why? It introduces Power Makers to the power of queues. What...
In my journey, I've wrestled with Angular, tangoed with Vue and flirted with React. But here's the catch: 😬 You've got to fully commit and cross your fingers that your prized framework doesn't...
Good naming of your methods can solve a lot of customer issues. I use NServiceBus as messaging framework in dotnet. I was using a method of this framework, which wasn't doing what I was expected....
I hear some people on social media saying: 'Estimates are useless. Don't do it!' Claiming you can't predict the future. That there are too many variables in software development and that it isn't...
After trying out different methods of prioritizing, I really like the Value/Effort Matrix. With minimum effort, it will give you the priority of your features (Backlog Items, etc) The input are two...
Are you doing commits on the build server? When doing ALM on the Power Platform / Dynamics 365, I often see builds doing commits on the Build Server. This is not a good idea. Build servers build:...
Refactoring is not a Backlog Item. Occasionally I see refactoring items on the backlog. This is very strange to me because it means you are externalizing development details to stakeholders....
Don't estimate unless you do it on a high level. Use it for a roadmap. Use it as for relative size, not as time. I don't use the Fibonacci sequence anymore (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 20). It has too many...
GitHub Copilot is the most useful in the hands of experts. For getting the most out of AI, you need to be an expert in your domain. You need to know how to ask the right questions, write the correct...
Power Platform Architect
I help Dynamics 365 teams remove friction. Architecture, automation, and integrations that hold up.