Brutally honest and cheerfully sarcastic insights on Microsoft’s low-code and AI technology, business apps, and the business of software - written by Jukka Niiranen.
May 22, 2025
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11 min read
Satya Nadella's "burn the ships" directive to his inner circle signals total commitment to AI - but at what cost to current customers relying on MS business apps?
Aug 22, 2025
Cloud flows are starting to feel like a legacy feature that is ripe for being "reimagined" into a new automation offering for the era of agentic AI. (Whatever that means.)
Feb 12, 2025
23 min read
What does it mean to be a responsible AI citizen in a world that's just getting crazier every day?
Oct 2, 2025
20 min read
The number of paying subscribers for Copilot has leaked, and it is a disaster. Now even reshaping Satya Nadella's CEO role into tech leadership rather than delivering commercial results.
Sep 26, 2025
17 min read
Can you build a SaaS product from the low-code components offered by Microsoft's platform and then charge money for it? Yes, if you overcome a few hurdles first.
Sep 16, 2025
14 min read
Microsoft's decision to bundle two different AI agent technologies under the Copilot Studio brand makes it even harder for admins and developers to figure out the technical details of Copilot agents.
Sep 11, 2025
7 min read
Formerly known as Copilot Actions. Formerly orchestrated by Power Automate. This current feature that is NOT called "an agent" has some interesting characteristics worth exploring.
Sep 3, 2025
19 min read
Making sure your apps and flows are running isn't that easy. Monitor promises effortless visibility, but how well does it deliver that today?
Aug 27, 2025
The memes tried to warn us about the GenAI bubble. In August 2025, the world still doesn't have AGI and people are getting increasingly anxious about the hyped expectations vs. market reality.
Aug 15, 2025
4 min read
Where is he/she coming from and what is the secret mission of Agent 365? I bet this mission is all about finding a new commercial model beyond per-seat SaaS licensing.
Aug 7, 2025
When a company like Microsoft needs big numbers to convince their audience, here's the playbook for generating the millions and billions seen in their marketing comms.