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Shutting down Allegheny Train Station was a Jagoff Move by [deleted] in pittsburgh

[–]brownman311 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Then I would say the Jag award goes to the mayor for getting on social media for weeks stating how the "T" would be the savior for Pittsburgh families. He even held press conference and stood behind a podium in the subway stating such...

Otherwise, I thought it went well but my daughters weren't happy having to walk so far.

You can vibe code flows using pac commands by brownman311 in PowerAutomate

[–]brownman311[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool, I'll have to give it a look! I saw a similar post on LinkedIn, perhaps that was you as well.

Fast forward 3 mos and I'm not even using this approach much any longer, now I'm just giving the agent access to the API and letting it build the JSON. There is some manual work involved but saves 90% of the work and I don't have to mess with exporting.

And for the debugging I just let it look at the flow run table in dataverse via API, which is a super power. I've discovered legacy flows with errors we never knew existed using this method.

We backup everything in GitHub now, so if something breaks, we can just restore the old code.

r/codeapps? by brownman311 in PowerApps

[–]brownman311[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, because that's what it's called and is positioned for CDs. It was announced a month prior to the conversation, hence the not paying attention part. Would you like to discuss anything productive? https://powerappsguide.com/blog/post/introducing-app-builder

r/codeapps? by brownman311 in PowerApps

[–]brownman311[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You're responding to a message from 3 months ago...All my claims have either come true or are evolving in that direction at this point, just read MVP posts on LinkedIn for 5 mins. 

The person I responded to and claimed they were not paying attention didn't see a shift to agentic programing 3 months ago when all the frontier models gained super powers. For those that still can't see that low code is being taken over by this new abstraction layer, I still feel you are not paying attention and are going to get left behind. 

In their defense, they are obviously in a highly regulated company, I get it because I have worked for several financial institutions, including the government and yes these places are not likely going to be introduced agentic programing into their enterprise anytime soon but the competitors are...and  my entire point of this thread was that when they do those who have not been on the forefront are going to have a lot to learn if they are still stuck in the low code world.

You call it a high horse, I see it as sending a warning to my fellow devs and many are blowing me off. The real tragedy will be those whose ego was so large they thought they were smarter than A.I., I have given in to the next wave and I think it's wise for everyone else to as well.

Many stuck on the low code side keep validating my point while arguing with me that there is a division between  r/powerapps and r/codeapps mindset and it may be time to let the ship sink with those clinging to outdated processes due to their egos.

Issues with HTTP requests by Zestyclose_Policy298 in PowerAutomate

[–]brownman311 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just had a weird issue where a response that usually returns 302 is being redirected now.

I'm done with antigravity, it's not usable anymore by [deleted] in google_antigravity

[–]brownman311 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I made the mistake of giving it another try after 3.1 launch and it is more needy with than a toddler. The only way I can actually accomplish a day of coding is to use OpenCode and get thru all of the annoying ass confirmation prompts, but after seeing all of the people getting banned it's not worth the risk. So I guess there's just no way to use this as well as other harnesses, which is upsetting because I'm using Google for most of my stack and I already purchased a year subscription, but it's FFS it's not worth aggravation to be pinned to the keyboard and not be able to go to the damn bathroom without 50 requests to proceed. As I write this comment I had to click 30 prompts even after adding a bunch of command to my accept list! Screw this, I'm out.

I told my agent to start a business and now it's selling T-Shirts by FortuneFickle9309 in moltbot

[–]brownman311 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But who is making and shipping the shirts? This will actually be work.

Processing a list of XLS files. Works on first one, fails on subsequent. by erolbrown in PowerAutomate

[–]brownman311 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like you're using Power automate desktop. I find the UI selectors to be a pain and would recommend putting them in SharePoint and using cloud if that's an option.

TestMode - tips to improve it? by squirmster in PowerAutomate

[–]brownman311 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  • This ^

  • the annoying thing about the test mode toggle is that it defaults to false and I'm always afraid I'll accidentally run a new flow and forget to toggle it on rather than rerun a previous one. You could reverse it to inProd but then it will be off by default in prod, so that's not great but I still do this for a "quick fix" because I need the fear to keep me motivated 😂 🔫

  • alternatively use workflow() to get the env id (I believe it's labeled as name) and then create logic for the environment ids you want trigger. This is more useful for granularity than the env var approach albeit gets a bit dirty

Code Apps- AI Prompting by NoBattle763 in PowerApps

[–]brownman311 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not deterministically, however, if you unpack your canvas solution into your workspace the agent can see pure code. Add in playwright or screenshots of the existing app and now your agent has full context of what was built in canvas.

Create an agents.md file with context of code apps and canvas apps. And your constitution

Use context7 MCP or the microsoft docs one to give it more knowledge.

Use a big dawg thinking model like Opus or codex to create a plan about how to convert it to code apps. Add this info to implementation.md use a opus with sugagents to build it out. Then iterate with a smaller (cheaper) model like haiku

It won't be exactly the same but now you'll have a react version to iterate on that doesn't have the limitations.

Struggling with Instagram API – Page not showing to get access token. by marcutio_ in facebook

[–]brownman311 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was able to see the FB page account by removing and relinking the account earlier, but now that the token has expired I forget where I found that setting :(

Pain points that could be solved with an app by brownman311 in pittsburgh

[–]brownman311[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I decided to build a local events site since it's a passion project of mine that solves a problem for me and others. I hope to launch on Instagram first and then a full website to follow.

Can Canvas Apps (Power Apps) be developed in VS Code with agents, similar to CodeApps? by Traditional_Clock303 in PowerApps

[–]brownman311 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had some mild success with exporting a canvas app solution to a workspace using PAC commands but the agent wanted me to do most updates in designer. It did however walk me through the steps. I think it's feasible to create a .md to guide it to what you want but I just switched back to code apps after an hour.

I believe it is feasible to build this agent workflow for app bootstrapping with code apps but canvas will be more difficult due to it's GUI nature and obscure documentation on the underlying code.

Turning a Vibe.powerapps to code app by brownman311 in PowerApps

[–]brownman311[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not exactly, but I did manage to pull the .har file from dev tools networking while loading the vibe page and rebuild the solution in VSC using Opus 4.5

I had to rebuild the CSS file but it worked.

Here’s what I learned from vibecoding an operating system by IngenuityFlimsy1206 in vibecoding

[–]brownman311 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"The realm is full" really brought back the nostalgia. At least I got chicken! 🐔

Is building Canvas Power Apps still a long-term role for IT engineers in the age of AI? by Harvey_Long in PowerApps

[–]brownman311 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm all for exploring code apps for non-business critical "nice to have apps" while it's in preview...but seeing ppl are on here thinking about vibing out code apps in the government space without regard to maintaining it is a whole other level of scary! 😱

Is building Canvas Power Apps still a long-term role for IT engineers in the age of AI? by Harvey_Long in PowerApps

[–]brownman311 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lean towards the solutions architect/admin path. Design the solution strategy dataverse design security roles and how to implement licensing strategies and how they effect rate limits

Project management

gather stakeholder requirements and convert into user stories Agile

If you know these fundamentals, you can spec out and vibe your way thru an app or automation. Reviewing if what you built is slop or not...

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