AL Object ID Ninja

Zero-configuration, dead-simple, lightning fast, no-collision object ID assignment for multi-user repositories

  • No collisions, ever: Real-time, conflict-free ID assignment that always gives every developer a guaranteed unique object ID.
  • Lightning-fast: Get your conflict-free object IDs instantly, with IntelliSense integration.
  • Zero-configuration: No setup, no onboarding, no settings — you work exactly like before, and it silently keeps your IDs clean.
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From the blog

Mystery laptop

I had no clue how good my laptop was. Seriously. Today it kicked ass of an 8-processor server. Tomorrow we have a go-live of a Microsoft Dynamics NAV deployment, with manufacturing customized to support configure-to-order functionality. Refreshing manufacturing orders now calculates dynamic BOMs and routings, and it takes time.

Architectures: Good, Bad and Ugly

Four months ago I attended a conference, where I had a chance to listen to Miha Kralj, an architect at Microsoft, talk about architectures. It was one of the best presentations I ever attended, and ever since I had this topic in queue, but never really had chance to write about it. Most of the stuff he talked about reminded me of some bad experiences about architectures on projects I've worked on. Most of stuff here is also not my original contribution to the universal pool of knowledge, and I reuse it with the permission of the author, so Miha, thanks! What I did, however, is that I applied general principles to specific Microsoft Dynamics NAV situations.
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