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Curiosity has landed me in trouble again.....

I promise you all , I didn’t go looking for trouble.
Trouble (a task) came looking for me.

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So here’s what happened:

Sometime last week, my LinkedIn got hacked. Thankfully, I was able to retrieve it the same day. But then LinkedIn restricted my account until I uploaded my international passport — and even after that, it took a whole day before it was finally unlocked.
Spending a whole day without checking LinkedIn? It felt… strange. 😅

Now to the main gist.

When I got my account back, I made a post to inform my connections about the hack. Not long after, someone reached out to invite me to join his dev team to work on their mobile app. I was excited, he works at my organization, just in a different country, so I trusted him.

We scheduled meetings with his local team, and I got onboarded.

Guess what?

They don’t use Flutter.
They don’t use React Native.
They use... PowerApps.

I’ve downloaded and used a few PowerApps-based apps in the past, but I never realized they were built using Canvas Apps on PowerApps!

And now, despite my tight schedule (my boss must never see this letter or he’ll break my head 😭), I’m so curious to learn how it works.

Am I going to decline this opportunity?
Absolutely not.

Will I push myself to learn this tool and build with the team?
You bet I will.

Photo by Priscilla Du Preez 🇨🇦 on Unsplash

I’ve binge-watched some tutorials, but I’m still not fully getting it. Microsoft has a training manual, and that’s what I’m currently using to learn.

From what I’ve gathered so far, PowerApps is supposed to be a low-code/no-code platform.
But honestly… it doesn’t feel that way. 😂
We’ll see.

So if anyone has helpful manuals or video resources on PowerApps, please send them my way!

When I finally figure this tool out, best believe I’ll come back to testify. 😄

That’s all for now.

With love,
Deborah