I Need Coffee - Episode 181 - Weekly BC Review!

Show Notes: Episode 181 - I Need Coffee (sept 19, 2025)

1. Personal Updates and Multitasking:
   - Managed live stream while arranging express courier for daughter's forgotten science project (thermal capacity/insulation experiment).

2. Weekend Activities:
   - Visited El Tazumal, a Salvadoran restaurant, for pupusas ($5 each, $40 for 8, shocked El Salvador team).
   - Performed pool maintenance with cybersecurity intern, prepared for fall/winter.
   - Smoked a 14.8 lb brisket for 14 hours, shared with neighbors; daughters made brisket sandwiches.
   - Watched F1 movie on Amazon with Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem, exceeded expectations.

3. Work and Projects:
   - Team Updates:
     - Joselyn: Working on BC financial reports, categorizing GL accounts for row formats/layouts.
     - Tanya: Provided PowerBI billable hours report for weekly team utilization tracking.
     - David: Finalizing report layout changes.
     - Ronald: Handling McCormma Payment Hub, troubleshooting permission set issue; testing bill.com MEM integration.
     - Franklin: Completed E4CC and English conversational classes, improving BC development discussions; conducted code review.
     - Fatima: 70% through 10-hour PMI PMP training, tracking BC27 pipeline errors and El Coyolar Christmas Festival planning.
   - Bill.com MEM Integration:
     - Go-live scheduled today; complex project started in February, using bill.com API (version 3 incomplete, relies on version 2).
     - Ronald tested end-to-end; published for internal AppSource testing.

4. Technical Challenges:
   - RDLC Report: Joselyn fixed negative top property error (-0.00001 inch) in US check report by editing RDLC in Notepad.
   - Documentation: Perplexity generated prompt for Cursor to create 10-page user guide for AppSource app in 1 hour.
   - BC Issue: Perplexity confirmed unit cost variances in lot-controlled item process as expected BC behavior (FIFO/LIFO/average cost).

5. Cybersecurity and Industry Insights:
   - Microsoft Entra Vulnerability (CVE-2025-5241): Actor tokens granted global admin access across tenants via Azure AD Graph API; fixed by Microsoft.
   - SonicWall Breach: My Sonic Wall portal breach exposed <5% firewall backup files, likely via brute force/credential stuffing.
   - GP Partner Issue: Partner stored passwords/license keys in plain text on customer’s SQL server, refused assistance due to being "too busy."

6. Professional Engagements:
   - Attended Aropa Academy webinar on AL code for SQL performance (youtube.com/aroposewebinars).
   - Signed up for MVP Summit, March 2026, Redmond; hotel costs $200–$300/night vs. $37/night in El Salvador.
   - Reconnected with college friend in cybersecurity, discussed potential El Salvador cybersecurity center.

7. Conferences and Events:
   - Summit NA: Oct 20–23, 2025, Orlando; sponsoring BC Bash, Oct 21, 9:00 PM, Cuba Libé (steveendo.link/bc-2025).
   - Directions EMEA: Nov 4–6, 2025, Poland.
   - Partner in Vibe: Jan 28–30, 2026, South Padre Island, TX (partnerin.io); remote location, 4-hour drive from San Antonio.
   - Dynamics Minds: May 25–27, 2026, Porto Rose, Slovenia.

8. Statement of Work Challenges:
   - Custom PTE SOW requires foresight; excluded code structure updates, non-functional fixes, saved scope creep on unit cost issue.
   - Struggled with SOW for custom PTE due to complex, poorly detailed Excel field mapping.