Raise your mug and take a sip of fresh brew with Steve as he wraps up a busy February of Business Central consulting and development


Show Notes: Video Transcript Summary (March 04, 2025)

Topics Discussed:

1. Intro & Audio Check

• Brief audio test and welcome to the live stream across platforms (YouTube, Twitch, X/Twitter).
  
  

2. Weekly Recap

• Monday-to-Friday whirlwind: Work crawl, Friday arrives unexpectedly.
  
  

3. Family Adventures

• Wife’s Joshua Tree trip: Hiking and rock-climbing challenges.
  
  
• Daughters’ high school talent show: Impressive choreography and performances.
  
  

4. The "Geekend"

• Solo weekend with cats, tackling tech projects.
  
  
• Pi-hole upgrade debacle: DNS issues, Quad9 discovery, and Raspberry Pi lessons.
  
  
• New Lenovo ThinkCentre PC for DNS: $100 i7 steal.
  
  
• Ubuntu vs. Windows 11: Slick Linux install impresses.
  
  
• Smart TV and Soundbar woes: A "Malcolm in the Middle" moment.
  
  

5. Tech Updates

• Quad9 DNS service exploration via Tom Lawrence’s YouTube recommendation.
  
  
• Docker cleanup: 100GB+ of orphaned images removed.
  
  
• Azure outages: Unreliable services, hidden logs, and the need for redundancy.
  
  

6. Work Projects

• Bank reconciliations pending.
  
  
• Sentinel rule finalized, BC Admin API progress, and report extensions.
  
  
• Subscription cleanup: Saved $126/month (e.g., MidJourney, Backblaze).
  
  

7. Business Central Insights

• IAT payment trivia: A mysterious ACH variant for international transactions.
  
  
• BC environment refresh for MEM users.
  
  
• Berlin team’s growth: From ERP novices to pros in under a year.
  
  

8. Cybersecurity & News

• $1.4B Bybit hack: Supply chain attack via a compromised JavaScript file.
  
  
• GitLab vulnerability: Password reset exploit discovered.
  
  
• Firefox privacy shift: Speculation on data collection for AI training.
  
  

9. Upcoming Events

• Directions NA (April 7-9, Las Vegas), DynamicsCon (May 13-16, Chicago), and more.
  
  
• Discount code: “BCAMIGOS25” for DynamicsCon.
  
  

10. Team Dynamics

• Berlin El Salvador crew: Smiling struggles, help desk mastery, and training.
  
  
• 24-hour dev cycle: Coordinating across LA, El Salvador, Australia, and India.
  
  

11. Quantum Computing Tease

• Azure Quantum module: Superposition and teleporting qubits with Q#.
  
  

Q&A Wrap-Up:

• Encouragement to explore IAT, Quantum Computing, and share updates.
  
  
• Plans to turn the stream into a podcast with show notes.
  
  

Closing:

• Cheers to a wild week—enjoy the weekend!