How development used to be (15 years ago)
Sometimes it pays to stay in bed on Monday, rather than spending the rest of the week debugging Monday’s code. — Christopher Thompson I was listening to the Orb song…
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Dynamics 365 and creating a reporting database
Data migration takes at least 4 times longer than everyone estimates #HoskWisdom It’s a common requirement to create a different data source for reporting this allows data to…
20 things you know only if you have worked on an IT project
Plans are worthless. Planning is essential~ Dwight D. Eisenhower The road to a late project is paved with extra requirements Trying to cleanse data in a legacy system…
Why adding more people to a project doesn’t make it go faster
At no point in an IT project I have seen time made up without removing large parts of functionality. The common reaction to a project failing…
Advice to Dynamics 365 developers who want to improve
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always be where you’ve always been.” —T.D. Jakes It’s a great time to be a Dynamics 365 and business…
The code you take away as important as the code you write
“Sometimes what you don’t do is just as important as what you do.” ― Greg McKeown < p class=”graf graf–p”>The code you take away, helps as much as…
one simple tip to improve you development and project estimates
It isn’t just developer who underestimate tasks, it’s everyone and it’s all the time #HoskWisdom When we estimate tasks, we underestimate the time it takes because we overestimate…
Ask Hosk - I’m a functional consultant who wants to become a Dynamics developer
Here is a question from one my readers which is a common question, so I am putting the answer here so lots of people can read it. Question…
How to convert an unmanaged solution into a managed solution in Dynamics 365?
“You see, but you do not observe.” — Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal in Bohemia I had an unusual scenario where an environment was setup with an unmanaged solution and I…
Hosk top 10 articles of the week - 6th April
S. N. Behrman meant when he said “At the end of every road you meet yourself.” I have been interested in Systems thinking and Coronavirus Article of the…