Insights on AI, Power Platform and Software Development, by Brian Illand.https://brianilland.com/en-ushttps://brianilland.com/blog/the-aha-moment/https://brianilland.com/blog/the-aha-moment/The AI aha moment is not one moment everyone shares. It is a change of mode: you stop asking AI questions and start giving it a grounded place to do the work.Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMTAIadoptionnoreply@brianilland.com (Brian Illand)https://brianilland.com/blog/communication-as-programming/https://brianilland.com/blog/communication-as-programming/Building software has become an act of communication. The most valuable technical skill is no longer a language or a framework - it is the ability to say precisely what you mean.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMTAIcommunicationnoreply@brianilland.com (Brian Illand)https://brianilland.com/blog/licence-driven-design/https://brianilland.com/blog/licence-driven-design/Licensing is boring right up until it redesigns your architecture for you. Ten tips for designing with the licence model, not against it.Wed, 31 Mar 2021 00:04:36 GMTarchivePower Platformnoreply@brianilland.com (Brian Illand)https://brianilland.com/blog/low-code-projects-succeed/https://brianilland.com/blog/low-code-projects-succeed/Low code does not mean low discipline. Five ways to keep a Power Apps project from becoming an expensive prototype.Tue, 02 Mar 2021 12:51:28 GMTarchivePower Platformnoreply@brianilland.com (Brian Illand)https://brianilland.com/blog/power-platform-drive-by/https://brianilland.com/blog/power-platform-drive-by/The 'drive-by' implementation: built fast, dropped off, never governed. How to spot one coming and what to do instead.Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:17:01 GMTarchivePower Platformnoreply@brianilland.com (Brian Illand)https://brianilland.com/blog/software-engineering-multiplier/https://brianilland.com/blog/software-engineering-multiplier/Multipliers make everyone around them better; diminishers make themselves the bottleneck. Five ways to be the former.Tue, 13 Oct 2020 11:46:15 GMTarchivePower Platformnoreply@brianilland.com (Brian Illand)https://brianilland.com/blog/returning-the-shopping-cart/https://brianilland.com/blog/returning-the-shopping-cart/If a citizen developer builds an app and walks away, who puts the trolley back? On ethics, tidiness and being a good Power Platform citizen.Mon, 11 May 2020 00:56:27 GMTarchivePower Platformnoreply@brianilland.com (Brian Illand)https://brianilland.com/blog/power-platform-dream-team/https://brianilland.com/blog/power-platform-dream-team/What roles a Power Platform team actually needs, and why the mix matters more than the headcount.Tue, 13 Nov 2018 14:15:00 GMTarchivePower Platformnoreply@brianilland.com (Brian Illand)