TL;DR Problem: I was building an API that was blindly updating SharePoint list items, even when users didn’t actually change anything. Classic “save happy” user behavior was triggering thousands of pointless API calls. Solution: Built smart field change detection that asks …

The Day My Batch Requests Started Fighting Back Picture this: It’s 2 AM, you’re on your third cup of coffee, and you’re watching your perfectly crafted Microsoft Graph batch request fail spectacularly. Again. You’ve got 25 files to download from SharePoint. Your batch …

The Problem: When Parallel Programming Backfires If you’ve ever optimized your C# API calls with parallel programming, you might know this story. Your client wants faster performance. You run multiple API requests in parallel. Locally, everything flies — especially late at night when traffic is low. …