I'm doing an API integration project now with some folks who are struggling with the basics, so I put this example together to show how to build a production-grade API client with error handling, r...
[Originally published in 2017 after my close friend Nick’s stroke, this post reflects on 37 years of friendship, loss, and recovery. Now, in 2024, I share it as a memorial for Nick, whose journey s...
After publishing this walkthrough I hit a harder wall than expected when moving a large Logic App from Consumption to Standard. This update documents what actually went wrong, what looked like a co...
Summary: There have been three big chapters in my career after my foundational days spent in Dallas: Cardinal Solutions, Nationwide Insurance, and Insight. Now, after six months at T. Marzetti, tod...
Summary: I'm about five months into my new job and loving every bit of it. It's putting the strengths I honed both at Nationwide and between Cardinal-Insight. This post is a bit of nostalgia for my...
Summary: Communication is important for many reasons beyond just the “technical” or “business” problem. When you open the doors between all the folks involved instead of shielding some from others...
Summary: This post is the completion of the one I wrote on using Atomic Design in the architecture of web based forms, specifically Power Platform Canvas applications. The idea is to create a meta...
Summary: A few years back, when I was leaving Nationwide and returning to coding for Insight, I fell into a group of UX'ers who were looking for a design challenge to host. Being a part of that pr...
I finally pulled the plug now that AT&T Internet Air came out. I threw together a Python script and some visuals on a Cron schedule to get some comparison speeds over time. All I have to say is...
Summary: Tomorrow is my last day at Insight. This is my self-retro for my nearly six years as an Azure engineer, a team lead, a technical pre-sales solution architect, and a Power Platform Develope...