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Vibe coding an XrmToolBox Tool part 2 - Now we vibing!
In my previous post, I wrote about how I tried to build a XrmToolBox tool with no C# or plugin experience by Vibe coding with GitHub Copilot and the results were, quite frankly, amazing! Within a few evenings of a couple of hours each, I managed to use it to not just teach me about building XTB tools, but also build a working one. This is where we left off, but as you can see from the top, I am hiding something, because after creating a working tool, I wanted it to go further
Matt Collins-Jones
5 days ago


Can you build an XrmToolBox tool with Zero experience -Vibe coding with GitHub Copilot
I am not a developer. I don't claim to be a developer. I have built things, I have designed things, I have learnt how to code certain things and got better over the years, but I am not someone who lives in an IDE day in and day out. With the rise of Vibe Coding, I wanted to see if I could build something I would have been, otherwise, unable to build. To make matters worse, I wanted to build something extremely complex, with me not even understanding the foundations of what is
Matt Collins-Jones
Jan 5


Power Platform Pipelines oAuth Configuration App
I've written before about my architectural pattern for oAuth connection delegated deployments and I've even provided a step by step guide and template flow to help people with the process but it's still quite complicated. Today I am releasing a solution that organisations can use to make connection management easier for delegated deployments where they need to update connections during deployments. I hope that one day this won't be needed and that this gap is filled in the
Matt Collins-Jones
Dec 11, 2025


Power Platform Alerts -Finding the failures
There is a new preview feature just released, called Power Platform Alerts. This new features allows admins to setup alerts for various...
Matt Collins-Jones
Sep 8, 2025


Power Platform Pipelines - Deploy with SPNs with different Connections than deployer
I have written about changing connections with Pipelines , maybe a couple of times , but in my scenarios I approached it from changing...
Matt Collins-Jones
Aug 18, 2025


Default Pipeline Rules - Easier administration across an Organisation
A new feature was announced in the Power Platform Wave 1 2025 release notes, that would enable the access to a default Pipeline via an...
Matt Collins-Jones
May 15, 2025


Change Connections during deployments - Power Platform Pipelines
I've previously blogged about my architecture patterns for delegated deployments for connections using oAuth . This pattern allows you to...
Matt Collins-Jones
Mar 3, 2025


Maker and Admin Deployment Pages Preview - Better Pipeline Visibility
Power Platform Pipelines have been getting lots of updates and new features since their release 2 years ago. Just recently, we got the...
Matt Collins-Jones
Jan 15, 2025


Hydrate Development Environments via Power Platform Pipelines
I am a big fan of Power Platform Pipelines! Shocker, I know. One of the things I've heard from people is how their development...
Matt Collins-Jones
Jan 6, 2025


Hidden properties in Power Automate - Setting Lookups and Relating Rows
I was building some complex flows the other day and I was looking to simplify it the best I could. I started looking at outputs from...
Matt Collins-Jones
Dec 16, 2024
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