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Feb 20, 2026

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23 min read

The UX for automation still sux

Microsoft seems incapable of improving Power Automate maker productivity. As cloud flows are now divorced from Azure Logic Apps, all hope lies in community tools to provide a workable UI as well as AI development support.

Jukka Niiranen

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Microsoft AI numbers: the good, the bad & the ugly

Feb 13, 2026

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20 min read

Microsoft AI numbers: the good, the bad & the ugly

What Microsoft says & doesn't say about its Copilot and Foundry business metrics, combined with independent research results and AI competitor numbers.

Jukka Niiranen

Feb 6, 2026

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16 min read

The kill switch in Microsoft Planner

How one small change in the Plan table settings in a product update messed up everything.

Jukka Niiranen

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Jan 30, 2026

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16 min read

Computers over clouds

The convenience of cloud services has isolated us from servers and software. One empowering way to leverage AI is learning how to get back in touch with the real computers.

Jukka Niiranen

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Jan 23, 2026

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17 min read

The new bottleneck is apps

Instead of starting from a M365-like suite and adding AI, Anthropic pursued a "no apps" model and caught everyone's attention with Claude Code. Maybe all you need is text files?

Jukka Niiranen

Plus

Jan 16, 2026

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16 min read

Post-Ignite agentic hangover

After the big November 2025 launch at Ignite, Agent 365 has gone back undercover. Do the partner solutions exist in the real world at all? Is this a product or a "product"?

Jukka Niiranen

Jan 9, 2026

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24 min read

The year of Microslop, 2026

Microsoft has a set of challenges ahead in 2026 to undo the damage to its brand and reputation that has accumulated in the past couple of years.

Jukka Niiranen

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Dec 29, 2025

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14 min read

Impostor without a syndrome

Most of us have occasional concerns about being good enough at what we do. Here's how I've found joy in being a straight-up impostor in software built with custom code.

Jukka Niiranen

Can Plan Designer create real Power Platform solutions?

Dec 19, 2025

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24 min read

Can Plan Designer create real Power Platform solutions?

What you can expect to get from the AI tools inside Power Apps maker portal when asking them to support your business process with apps, automations and agents.

Jukka Niiranen