I Need Coffee - Episode 212 - Weekly BC Review! (June 5, 2026)

1. AI Tooling & Claude Frustrations
- Claude continues to use overly abstract, meaningless phrases (e.g., "first class citizens", "casting nets", "rung scaffolds").
  - Steve wrote a blog post on blog.steendendo.com with a style guide to force better, literal English.
- Significant hallucinations still occurring (Opus 4.8 criticized heavily).
  - Example: Claimed it could extend standard BC Web API v2.0 pages (incorrect).
- Positive: Claude's Mermaid diagram generation has improved significantly after follow-up prompts.
- Recommendation: Jeremy Visa’s Agentic Development Training (jeremyvisa.com/blog).

2. Personal & Family Updates
- Daughter graduated high school (now 18, heading to college).
- Hosted a large rooftop graduation party (40–50 people) in Huntington Beach — Steve smoked 9 racks of ribs.
- Attended wife’s dance performance and did photography.

3. Business & Operational Updates
- Claude Teams Plan: Surprised by sales tax (Utah ~9.55%) on top of 25% higher business pricing → ~35% premium vs. competitors.
- Website work: Using Resend for contact form emails (easier than SMTP). Major domain/DNS cleanup and transfer to Namecheap (praised for excellent support).
- OpenClaw SMTP authentication bug (quotation marks in credentials file).
- New PTE for minimum order quantity / sales multiples based on "inner pack" / case pack quantities (using Item Units of Measure).

4. Development & Proposals
- Cost-sensitive customer PTE proposal: Heavy emphasis on overhead (design, project setup, Git, pipelines) even with AI.
  - AI dramatically reduces pure development time, but design/review/cleanup remains essential.
- BC Quality new Microsoft repo: Expanded AL guidelines with focus on agentic/AI-readable knowledge base, design patterns, and anti-patterns.

5. Cybersecurity Highlights
- Major incident investigated by Vlexity: MSP compromise via pfSense firewall → full access to customer networks (including NAS). Signs of compromise for 18+ months (web shells, crypto miners, etc.).
- MSRC (Microsoft Security Response Center) drama: Poor handling of researchers leading to withheld responsible disclosures. Expect wave of zero-day exploits in June for Microsoft products (BitLocker, Windows, etc.).

6. Other Notable Items
- Flight to Summit NA (Nashville, Oct 11–15) expensive; LA → Buenos Aires roundtrip is comparably priced.
- OpenAI security notice: Update apps due to Tanstack npm supply chain vulnerability.
- Webinar (South Africa Doug Meetup): "Leverage AI to be the best Dynamics consultant" — level playing field argument; advice on transparently telling customers you use AI.
- Red dyed gasoline in El Salvador (different from US dyed diesel).
- Bad field naming in BC APIs (e.g., "Custom Purchase Order Reference" for "Your Reference").

7. Team Updates (El Salvador)
- Joselyn: Took MB-800 exam — did not pass (strong on most areas but weak on Fixed Assets scenarios and Posting Groups). Retaking after more study.
- David: Working on reports, Data Exchange Framework, EFT/Safe Pay.
- Ronald: Leading Continia Document Capture implementations (now also for other partners); helping with app/PTE testing.
- Fatima: Retaking PMP exam soon; managing internal Partner Dashboard (bulk environment upgrade deferral tool).
- New internal tool for managing customer tenants and upgrades.

8. Upcoming Events
- Partner Vibe 2.0: Sept 21–23, 2026, Provo, Utah (submissions closed June 15).
- Summit NA: October 11–15, Nashville (Steve presenting with Brad on AI-accelerated PTEs).
- Dynamics Con Regionals: Toronto (June 18), Ghana (July 25), Columbus (Aug 25).

9. Fun / Misc
- Recommended video: Rabbit Hole channel — deep dive on the history of Lorem Ipsum placeholder text.
- Generator maintenance training for El Salvador office (fuel, carburetor, self-sufficiency).