Kenneth Baum

Tutorial highlight 💡 In Part 2 of his series, "Unmanaged Files in Drupal: Building a Random File Handler" Jeff G. shows how to build a lightweight service that fetches random unmanaged files—no file entities, just pure flexibility. Perfect for rotating images, quick demos, or handling large asset sets. Read now Check it now : https://lnkd.in/g4aQRmXx

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Custom software isn’t just tailored, it’s built to last. Off the shelf tools may seem quick or budget friendly at first glance, but they come with hidden limitations: 1. rigid structures that stifle growth, 2. costly integrations as your needs evolve, 3. and an uphill battle against generic features. We’ve seen it again and again, custom solutions future proof your business by adapting seamlessly to scale, integrating precisely where you need them, and delivering long term savings. So here’s the real question: Are you asking for something that grows with you or settling for what fits in a box? #CustomSoftware #Scalability #BusinessGrowth

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Yesterday we talked about how we can use ESLint to meet the CRA requirement of maintaining consistent coding standards and documenting compliance with these standards. But ESLint isn't the only tool that allows this. That's why I'm leaving you here with an action you can implement today in your project's frontend: configuring Prettier for automatic code formatting and consistent coding standards. Do you use it? Or do you use another tool for code formatting? #security #CRA #compliance #standards #prettier #automation #junior #frontend

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Lessons from vibe coding two web applications with Claude: 1. It’s amazing. I’m not a coder, but I can "code." 2. You need to be patient and methodical in following the instructions. 3. It's still not super-easy - I had to get an API key and set up a hosting account on a different site, etc. 4. It's not free - to get the functionality I wanted, I needed to pay (not much - a few dollars) for the hosting and usage of the AI. 5. Building something with AI is like asking it questions - it's going to make mistakes, even when you tell it to double-check its work. Frustrating. 6. You can quickly and easily build a proof of concept, refine it, etc. 7. At least half the time is seeing what doesn't work and trying to get the AI to fix it. Maybe this would be a lot easier if I was actually a developer. But I'm not, so I'm relying on Claude. 8. For reference, I used Claude - not Claude Code, just Claude (seemed the easiest way to go, at least for me)

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Dynamics 365 CE is a great tool to tamp down "popup apps". In every enterprise, employees will find a way to get their jobs done. We're quite clever like that. We'll cobble together solutions using whatever tools are available and don't require any sort of IT bureaucracy. It's great - a spreadsheet here.... a desktop database there.... maybe a Word mail-merge... things get done and IT is none the wiser and less burdened. The trouble occurs when these homemade solutions need some sort of support. I won't elaborate, but you can imagine. A few of the larger clients I've worked with use D365 CE to replace these popup apps. The benefit to the organization is that they end up with supportable solutions on a consistent platform with a well defined technology skillset. The benefit to the users is that solutions can be delivered and maintained quickly. There are lots of other benefits.... consistent backup and redundancy, data security and visibility.... platform features.... on and on really. CE is for Customer Engagement..... but if you've got a requirement that sits on a foundation of traditional table-centric data, a platform like D365 can solve a lot of problems.... very quickly. #Dynamics365CE #D365

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At Bison Software, we’re always looking for ways to make testing more practical. One pain point: HTML5 canvas automation. We’ve released CanvasGrid, a Playwright-first library that enables: ✔ Grid-based canvas interactions (click, drag, hover) ✔ DOM overlays validation triggered by canvas events Read more about why and how it works: https://lnkd.in/gCW8BBwp Source Code here: https://lnkd.in/g7Abu7Q9 Try here : https://lnkd.in/gXcp9Rb5 Still experimental, but we see big potential for testers working with interactive maps, games, and custom visualizations. #playwright #qa #automation #webapps #testingtools #opensource #bisonsoftware

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"(...) in that moment I realized we'd just started down a slippery slope toward a place where the definition of being a programmer wasn't understanding code, systems design, and a whole other slew of disciplines, but instead, someone who could produce a working result that was good enough to fool the end user." In other words, it isn't that AI becomes our assistant; it's that we become AI's assistant in creating valid-like software to make AI necessary. https://lnkd.in/dcJmn4vB

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The best way to minimize work is to stay on track and course correct quickly. Plus, learn why estimation techniques haven't panned out for our industry. https://lnkd.in/eXE4zx55 #SoftwareDelivery #SoftwareTeam #dotNETdeveloper #ClearMeasureWay

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