Reflecting on 2025

2025 was a defining year for my work on ssosic.com. I focused on creating content that serves as a practical development reference point for Business Central. Each post was designed to go beyond theory and provide actionable guidance, whether it was about performance optimization, pipeline governance, or security standards.

I also invested in turning conference sessions into long-lived resources. By publishing decks, demo repositories, and structured articles after events like BC TechDays, I ensured that the insights shared on stage could continue to benefit the community long after the sessions ended. This “session-to-post” loop proved to be one of the most effective ways to extend the reach of conference content.

Blog Topics That Shaped the Year

Throughout the year, I wrote extensively on:

  • Performance optimization: telemetry dashboards, debugging strategies, and query efficiency.
  • CI/CD and pipeline governance: dependency management, release strategies, and compliance-driven workflows.
  • Security and compliance: correction workflows, audit trails, and data protection in SaaS environments.
  • AI readiness: translating AL Guidelines into pragmatic refactors and adoption strategies.
  • Platform-scale architecture: externalizing attachments and storage to address SaaS tenant growth.

These topics were not chosen at random; they reflect the real challenges teams face when scaling Business Central solutions.

Conferences and Podcasts

In 2025, I had the privilege of contributing to several major Business Central conferences across Europe. At Directions EMEA in Poland, I presented “Help, my DB is too large! Offloading Data with the External File Storage module”, focusing on scalable architecture for growing SaaS tenants. At BC TechDays in Antwerp, I delivered “Optimize AL Performance & Embrace New Guidelines”, a session centered on codifying performance practices and aligning with the evolving AL Guidelines movement. During Days of Knowledge Central in Darmstadt, I hosted two sessions: “Supercharge Your AL Development with VS Code Settings, Extensions and Tips” and “The Cost of Poorly Written AL Code: SQL Performance”, both aimed at improving developer efficiency and runtime behavior. At Days of Knowledge Nordic in Odense, I shared “Unlocking AL Performance: Essential Tips and Tricks” and “Deep Dive into AL Debugging”, while one proposed session on AL:Go pipelines was not accepted. Finally, at Days of Knowledge UK, I presented “Master Page Scripting for User Acceptance Testing”, offering practical techniques for improving test coverage and user validation workflows. These sessions reinforced the blog’s core themes and helped convert live content into long-lived resources for the community.

In addition to conferences, 2025 also brought opportunities to share insights through podcasts and webinars. I joined the Dynamics Corner Podcast, where we discussed practical approaches to performance optimization and the evolving AL Guidelines movement. I contributed to the Aeropa Webinar, focusing on performance optimization. Finally, I appeared on BCOnlyFans, where the conversation centered on developer productivity, debugging, and the realities of scaling Business Central solutions in SaaS environments. These engagements allowed me to reach a broader audience, extend the dialogue beyond written posts, and reinforce the themes that defined the year.

New Business Central Module for Microsoft

In 2025, I also began work on a new module: External Document Storage, designed to help Business Central teams offload and manage large volumes of attachments more efficiently. This module is scheduled to ship with Business Central Wave 2026, and it represents a key step toward solving scalability challenges that many SaaS tenants face as their databases grow. To introduce the concept and share early insights, I created a “What’s Cooking Business Central” video, giving the community a preview of how this feature will work and why it matters for long-term architecture planning.

Audience Growth

The numbers tell the story of how far my blog has come:

  • Sessions: 26,653 (up from 14,893 in 2024)
  • Page Views: 40,879 (up from 18,797 in 2024)
  • Average session duration: 3 minutes 31 seconds (up from 1 minute 45 seconds in 2024)

This growth shows that the content is resonating. More importantly, returning visitors spent significantly more time on the site, which tells me that the resources are becoming part of their ongoing practice.

Looking Ahead to 2026

With this momentum, 2026 will be about going deeper, not broader. My priorities are clear:

  • From patterns to playbooks
  • Pipeline intelligence
  • AI-ready codebases
  • Platform-scale architecture
  • Conference content loops

Closing Thoughts

The growth in readership, the depth of engagement, and the feedback from the community all point in the same direction: the work is making an impact.

In 2026, I intend to push even harder, best AL coding practices, deepening pipeline intelligence, AI involvement, and continuing to publish content that helps teams deliver secure, scalable, and intelligent solutions.

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