EPISODE · Jan 30, 2026 · 56 MIN
I Need Coffee - Episode 198 - Weekly BC Review!
from Steve Endow's Business Central Podcast · host Steve Endow
I Need Coffee - Episode 198 - Weekly BC Review! (january 23, 2026)1. Weekend & Personal Life - Oil change + mobile office setup at dealership (good remote work test via SonicWall & tethering). - Weekend mostly a blur due to cold; little memory of non-work activities.2. Weekly Work & Projects - Preparing Vibe conference presentations (co-presenting with Tanya & David Ler). - Progress on Partner Dashboard app, Teams Planner, maintenance/service agreement pricing. - New AppSource app now live in production → surprises (obscure permissions, out-of-sequence user actions).3. AI / "Vibe Coding" Experiences* - Discussion of agentic/AI development tools & efficiency (podcast appearance on "Window on Technology" with Jeremy Vyska). - "Vibe coding" experiments → fast prototyping but bad code ("Michael Jackson" style), bugs in PTEs, performance profiler revealing excessive events. - Critique of viral "live stream to $1M revenue" vibe-coding project (crypto coin pivot turned him off).4. Time Zone Challenges in Business Central - Job queues, tenant time zones, DST issues → built custom time zone management with nightly refresh. - Surprising bug: one Mexican time zone causes 1-hour offset in license validation timestamp.5. Edge Cases & Production Surprises - Repeated theme: bizarre, unforeseeable sequences of events and bugs appearing only in production/real usage. - Philosophy shift → "bugs are actively finding us".6. DynamicsCon Session Review - Reviewing hundreds of submissions → humorous observations on self-awarded titles ("world-renowned", "expert", "wizard").7. Cybersecurity & OSINT - Mind-blowing OSINT webinar (Anti-Cyphon / Michelle Khan): doxing via voter records, insurance databases, hotel Wi-Fi room enumeration, GitHub email exposure, etc. - Ransomware hitting a partner → reminder of real risk. - Recent attacks: Fortinet firewalls/portal bypasses, Cloudflare WAF zero-day.8. Security / AI Critique - Zach Corman interview breakdown of MCP servers (Anthropic-related) → horribly insecure single-endpoint design, prompt injection risks.9. Integrations & Pain Points - Nightmare Salesforce → BC integration (customized, messy data model, years-long project). - Completed painful but successful Bill.com + Multi-Entity Management (MEM) integration.10. Team & El Salvador Updates - ERP Center of Excellence in Berlin, El Salvador: team studying (MB-800), building Partner Dashboard, payment portal, custom reports. - Fatima passed PMP exam; planning local Dynamics user group.11. Upcoming Events & Personal - Partner & Vibe conference (next week, Texas). - Directions NA (late April, Orlando?), DynamicsCon (May, Las Vegas), etc. - Personal: prom escort practice with daughter, standing desk experiment, at-home AI-generated workouts, key person insurance research.12. Closing Notes - Shout-out to Mauricio (podcast producer). - Light-hearted sign-off: cats, coffee, Claudebot/AI lobster project.
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