This page is a running log of what I’ve been up to in 2026 — talks I’ve given, articles I’ve written, podcasts I’ve joined, communities I’ve contributed to, and other projects along the way. I update it as the year goes on, so think of it as a living timeline rather than a year-end recap. If you’re curious where I’ve been speaking, what I’ve been writing about, or how to connect at an upcoming event, you’ll find it here. Entries are grouped by category and listed newest first, with links to recordings, slides, articles, or event pages wherever they’re available.
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Catch me at Community Summit NA in Nashville this October.
AL Bootcamp Part 2: Advanced Techniques for Business Central Extensibility · Community Summit NA — Summit Academy
📍 Nashville, TN – 🗓️ October 11, 2026
Co-leading with AJ Ansari the advanced follow-up to the AL Development Bootcamp — designed for developers with foundational AL and Business Central knowledge who are ready to build production-ready extensions. Hands-on coverage includes events and event subscribers (integration and business events), debugging and troubleshooting in VS Code (breakpoints, snapshot debugging, the production snapshot debugger), advanced complex data types (Dictionaries, Lists), API development and integration with REST APIs and web services, structured error handling with Try Functions and validation patterns, and leveraging AI tools like GitHub Copilot to accelerate development.
AL Development Bootcamp: Building Your Foundation in Two Days · Community Summit NA — Summit Academy
📍 Nashville, TN – 🗓️ October 9–10, 2026
Co-leading a two-day Summit Academy workshop with AJ Ansari covering the fundamentals of AL programming and the Business Central development lifecycle. Hands-on topics include core AL object types (Tables, Pages, Codeunits, Queries), setting up VS Code with the AL Language extension and a sandbox environment, the BC object model and extension framework, building Table and Page Extensions, data retrieval with Queries and filters, an end-to-end guided project that ties multiple object types into a working extension, and deployment — publishing, installing, and upgrading.
Speaking & Conferences
The Faster Path for Requirements, Design, and Prototype with AI · Directions North America 2026
📍 Orlando, FL – 🗓️ April 29, 2026
Co-presented with Steve Endow on how functional consultants and occasional coders can transform customer requirements into working AL prototypes in hours rather than weeks. Using AI-assisted vibe coding, the session walked through practical prompts, sample workflows, and the confidence-building patterns needed to demo a working prototype to a customer the same day requirements are gathered — accelerating the path from concept to demo without advanced programming skills.
So, you think you need a dev? Let’s talk vibe coding · Directions North America 2026
📍 Orlando, FL – 🗓️ April 28, 2026
Co-presented with Steve Endow in a head-to-head session exploring where the line falls between developer and functional consultant work in the age of AI-assisted AL development. A hardcore AL developer and a seasoned functional consultant (“I don’t code”) tackled the same real-world Business Central customer requests twice — once the developer way (events, extensions, codeunits) and once the vibe code way using only tools available to a functional consultant — to show where vibe coding shines, where it falls short, and when you actually still need a dev.
AI in Business Central for Dummies · BC/NAV Northeast US User Group
📍 Online – 🗓️ March 5, 2026
Co-presented with Steve Chinsky for the BC/NAV Northeast US user group webinar — a fast-paced, zero-jargon on-ramp to AI inside Dynamics 365 Business Central for functional consultants and power users.
How to Build a Podcast to Foster Trust and Engagement Within a Professional Community — Part 3: Grow · UST Education Series
📍 Online – 🗓️ February 17, 2026
Co-presented Part 3 of a three-part series with Kate Coffey-Bacon and Kristoffer Ruyeras on the marketing and engagement strategies that help podcasts grow and thrive — covering cross-channel promotion, building listener engagement plans, leveraging guests and collaborations to expand reach, and developing a content calendar that supports consistency and growth. CPE and CAE credit eligible.
BC: AI in Business Central for Dummies · DynamicsCon Regional: Southeast
📍 Tampa, FL – 🗓️ January 14, 2026
Co-presented with Steve Chinsky in the BC Session Room. A fast-paced, zero-jargon on-ramp to AI inside Dynamics 365 Business Central — showing functional consultants and power users how to work smarter without becoming data scientists. Event details
Podcasts
AI Agent & Copilot Podcast: 2x MVP Shares AI Insights · AI Agent & Copilot Podcast
📍 Online – 🗓️ April 15, 2026
Joined host Shawn Dorward for a candid conversation about how much AI is too much AI — covering practical use of AI for documentation and code reviews, why hallucinations are often a prompting problem, how AI expands ambition rather than just saving time, and why it’s worth stepping away from the screen to stay connected to the human side of work.
Videos
Setting Up Azure Application Insights for Business Central · Dynamics Communities
📍 Online – 🗓️ March 10, 2026
A step-by-step walkthrough for the BC/NAV User Group on configuring Azure Application Insights for Business Central telemetry — covering resource groups, Log Analytics Workspace setup, connecting App Insights to the BC Admin Center, and using KQL transformation rules to manage data volume and Azure costs.
Writing & Articles
Dynamics 365 Business Central 2026 Wave 1: Use Date Formulas to Control Allowed Posting Periods · Dynamics Communities
📍 Online – 🗓️ April 30, 2026
A walkthrough of the new Allow Posting From/To Date Formula fields in BC 2026 Wave 1 — covering why this small feature eliminates a recurring period-close headache, how the formula syntax works, where the new fields live (General Ledger Setup, User Setup, General Journal Templates), and practical formula examples for common scenarios like current-month-only and rolling 30-day windows.
Community
Business Central Trivia Live! · LinkedIn + YouTube
📍 Online – 🗓️ March 16, 2026
Hosted a live BC Trivia showdown streamed on LinkedIn and YouTube, featuring returning champion Kristen Hosman alongside contestants Steve Chinsky and Ben Cole battling for the BC crown. Buzzers, banter, and bragging rights — a fun way to test the community’s Business Central knowledge.
Projects
Markdown Foundry · VS Code Extension
📍 Online – 🗓️ April 23, 2026
A Visual Studio Code extension for fast Markdown table editing and formatting — align tables, navigate cells with Tab, sort columns, paste links and images, and toggle bold, italic, blockquotes, code blocks, headings, and task lists from the palette or keybindings.
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