It has something like five years when I started using JSON for communication. When I really understood what JSON really is, and how it can benefit me, it was hard for me not to understand why I didn't use it earlier. I guess it was at the same time as I started using JQuery, as JQuery did make life easier for working with AJAX and JSON.
As I discovered while developing a new application that needed to utilize Skype for Business Online API, that the application needs to have consent from an administrator in order to be able to authenticate the USER to use Skype for Business Online API.
Since Tech Days Sweden 2015, I have been a bit anti-conferences. I was so disappointed, that I thought it was waste of my time, I could have been more productive in my office (or work on some hobby project). My main problem is with the fact, today we have access to more information at our fingertips, then we will ever be able to get in any conference.
As a professional working with Web and Cloud, I have a good array of resources which I would like to be able to use as a individual hobbyist. After creating a super solution for a customer, I start thinking; it would be sweet if I could do this for my hobby projects.
Some not so far in past one was able to use a single jabber based client to access most of them common IM services, i.e. gTalk, MSN (unofficially), ICQ, AOL, Facebook, etc.
Today as a developer, you have to be able to trust on the tools you use. In my case I use Visual Studio extensively. We have no more and more projects that are using Git as the version control. With the introduction of Git, we decided to change our workflow for development and management of the new projects.