I Need Coffee - Episode 163 - BC Weekly Update!

Show Notes: Episode 163 - I Need Coffee (April 18, 2025)

1. Introduction: Turbo edition of the weekly BC review, pre-recorded due to travel to El Salvador.
2. Weekend Homeowner Chores:
   - Managed pool maintenance with daughters, cleaning the cover and addressing green water, to be completed post-vacation.
   - Dealt with a bumper crop of loquats from trees overhanging the pool, sharing fruit with neighbors.
   - Fixed a broken garage door spring, resolved quickly by a professional.
3. El Salvador Office Updates:
   - Undergoing a complete electrical rewire due to hazardous wiring, including makeshift “wire nuts” made from plastic packaging.
   - New conduit, outlets, and boxes installed for improved functionality, including outdoor lighting and shower heaters.
4. Weekly Projects:
   - Received Binary Stream MEM runtime packages for Cosmo Alpaca pipelines, learning to incorporate for multi-entity management.
   - Investigated a customer statement oddity regarding unapplied payments, suspecting date range issues; verifying with vanilla BC.
   - Addressed unauthorized PTE and AppSource app installations in a customer’s production environment, likely via BC Admin API.
5. Business Central Challenges:
   - Critiqued BC’s job queue for automated posting (e.g., transfer orders) due to lack of error visibility; planning a custom app.
   - Struggled with third-party APIs, adding a disclaimer clause to statements of work to mitigate risks and lawsuits.
6. Power Platform Issues:
   - Confirmed Azure Key Vault permissions for Power Automate take ~5 days to propagate, limiting its reliability for BC integrations.
   - Resolved BC approval workflow notification issues by using a shared mailbox instead of a user mailbox in Office 365.
7. AI and Technology Insights:
   - Subscribed to Perplexity Pro ($200/year) for reliable AI search, solving issues like OneDrive errors and crafting legal clauses.
   - Highlighted a Transloose AI study exposing ChatGPT’s fabrication of data (e.g., fake prime numbers) and false claims about processing.
8. Mobile OS Updates:
   - iOS 18.4.1 patched a zero-day audio stream exploit targeting high-profile users.
   - Android introduced auto-reboot after 3 days to thwart data extraction, following iOS’s lead.
9. Upcoming Events:
   - ColorCloud (Hamburg, April 24-25), DynamicsCon (Chicago, May 13-16), Dynamics Minds (Slovenia, May 26-28), Summit NA (Orlando, October 20-23, featuring BC Bash).
   - Summit NA Road Shows: Toronto (April 29), Minneapolis (May 1), Columbus, Chicago, Philadelphia (June).
10. DevOps Progress:
    - Franklin in El Salvador submitted his first DevOps pull request for a PTE, overcoming permission and credential issues.
11. El Salvador Trip:
    - Traveling with family and Tanya Henderson to Berlin, El Salvador, to visit the ERP Center of Excellence office.
    - Meeting four full-time interns, E4CC English scholarship recipients, and assessing ISV apps.
12. AppSource App Evaluation:
    - Guided a prospect on evaluating Big Commerce integrations on AppSource, cautioning against G2 ratings and hand-numbered app versions.