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AI coding sessions end and take their context with them. The fix isn't a bigger context window — it's a small, disciplined set of files: what's true right now, what's already been decided, and a status marker on every claim so a plan never gets mistaken for a fact.
Rajiv Kumar·Aug 11, 2026·12 min read
A PCF component is real code inside a low-code app, with a defined lifecycle and a real build pipeline. This covers the manifest, the lifecycle methods that trip people up, and the honest question of whether you should write one at all.
Rajiv Kumar·Jun 3, 2026·14 min read
Building an SPFx web part is TypeScript, a build pipeline and a component tree. What makes it SharePoint is the property pane, the permission model for calling Graph, and a deployment story that has to work for tenant administrators.
Rajiv Kumar·Feb 19, 2026·6 min read
A practical guide to the SharePoint REST API: why $select is not optional, how paging really works, what a request digest is for, and why anything built on ACS authentication stopped working in April 2026.
Rajiv Kumar·Apr 13, 2020·4 min read
CSOM batches work locally and dispatches it on ExecuteQuery — which explains its performance characteristics and its most confusing exception. Here is how to use it well, and what the Azure ACS retirement changed.
Rajiv Kumar·Jan 2, 2019·5 min read
SSOM runs inside the SharePoint process and reaches things no remote API can — timer jobs, farm configuration, synchronous events. It also leaks memory readily. Here are the rules that matter, and why none of it applies to SharePoint Online.
Rajiv Kumar·Jan 2, 2019·5 min read
