Tim Dutcher

News and tips related to Microsoft Dataverse, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Azure, Development, etc. My views contain complex FetchXml, and are my own.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Liftoff of Starship!

[Everyday Astronaut @Erdayastronaut]

SpaceX is about to launch their first V3 Starship and it’s by far the biggest and most radical change to the program to date.

Here's a super quick overview of what all is new and different including the incredible new Raptor 3 engines, the new launch pad, and everything else that’s debuting on Flight 12.

00:00 - Intro
01:07 - Pad 2
03:15 - Raptor 3
04:59 - SuperHeavy V3
07:56 - Starship V3
10:52 - Flight 12 Profile

[X Freeze @XFreeze]

Noland Arbaugh’s life has been completely transformed

“I can control a computer with my thoughts”

As the first human to receive a Neuralink brain implant, the man who was once paralyzed after a diving accident is now:
• Playing video games for hours using only his mind
• Earning a 4.0 GPA while studying neuroscience in college
• Running his own business
• Building a thriving speaking career with paid keynotes and global appearances

He’s traveling the world, inspiring audiences, and even writing a book - all powered by a brain chip

What used to be science fiction is now reality

Neuralink is not just restoring lost abilities - it’s unlocking the next chapter of human potential

[Tim Dutcher @TimADutcher]

@MarioNawfal Air drop 1,000 armed Optimus

[Dr Milan Milanović @milan_milanovic]

Someone builds a project management tool with Claude Code over a weekend. Ships it. Tweets "just replaced Jira."

The app works. One user, happy path, localhost. Then two people edit the same record simultaneously, and the data is silently corrupted. They don't know what an optimistic lock is. They never needed to before.

The prototype is maybe 1% of what makes software actually work. The other 99% is what you find after real users show up: race conditions, failed transactions, sessions expiring at the wrong moment, a payment webhook that fires twice and charges someone double. AI didn't cover any of that. It built exactly what you asked for.

And the confidence is the worst part. "Just need to adjust a few things before we go live." The few things you need to adjust are the product. That's like laying a foundation and telling people you basically built the house.

Vibe coding works. For personal tools, throwaway scripts, and prototypes you'll never put in front of paying users, it's genuinely fast and good enough. I use it. But there's a hard ceiling, and it shows up the moment the stakes get real.

Agentic engineering is a different discipline. You're not prompting for code. You're decomposing problems, designing system boundaries, writing specs precise enough that the agent doesn't go sideways. You review everything it builds, because it will make mistakes that only look wrong if you know what correct looks like. You guide it. You catch what it misses.

If you don't know what a distributed transaction is, the agent won't save you. It'll generate something broken with complete confidence, and you won't know until production.

The hard part of software was never writing the first 200 lines.

It never was.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Even though I knew his death was coming, as he told us it would, I still can’t believe he has died.

Rest in peace, good and great man, rest in peace.

[Tim Dutcher @TimADutcher]

@elonmusk Shout out to Kyle Dutcher. I bought him his first (and second.. third..) 3D printer in grade school, and now he's helping to design Starship. Empower your kids and watch them learn and grow!

[Tim Dutcher @TimADutcher]

Anyone else finding that the Code Editor window in Excel (Windows desktop app) won't load? It's grayed out. This is happening to my coworkers as well. I wonder if it relates to the Azure outage? @Office365

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Version 0.1 early beta of Grokipedia will be published in 2 weeks

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Great work by the SpaceX team!!

[Tim Dutcher @TimADutcher]

@XrmToolBox Enjoy!

[Tim Dutcher @TimADutcher]

@TorstenProchnow @elonmusk @SpaceX Is Elon wrong that the U.S. is headed for bankruptcy and that the BBB does nothing to prevent that from happening and, in fact, accelerates it?

[Tim Dutcher @TimADutcher]

@RajYRaman Haha. So true.

[Tim Dutcher @TimADutcher]

LOL. (I'm actually about to cry.) More #Dataverse virtual table fun with the Virtual Table Connector Provider. I'm presented with the wonderful "An unexpected error occurred." on the last page of the wizard. So bad. Opening a support ticket...

[Ted ⚡️ Naiman @tednaiman]

Eating, solved.

Full money back guarantee on the Gumroad PDF version if this is not the single best book ever on the general principles of diet and exercise.

➘

[Tim Dutcher @TimADutcher]

@RajYRaman I had to @grok this. Now that I know what it is, I agree it's pretty cool. :)

[Tim Dutcher @TimADutcher]

Thank you @fireflyspace for including my son on this. He enjoyed his time there a lot. Great work to the entire team!

[Firefly Aerospace @FireflySpace]

Behind every great mission is an extraordinary team! The 700+ names on this plaque represent the heart and soul of the Blue Ghost lunar lander. Thank you for your hard work, passion, and belief in this journey to the moon. #GhostRiders #BGM1

[Tim Dutcher @TimADutcher]

@TheBabylonBee

[Tim Dutcher @TimADutcher]

@TheBabylonBee Wait, all guys don't clean their floors this way? I guess it's just me.

[Tim Dutcher @TimADutcher]

@TheBrainTech I encounter something new that relates to Power Platform on a daily basis, so what's great about TheBrain software/service is that I now have a place to quickly store and associate that information. I can even apply a tag to it, like "To Research", for later follow-up.