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Excel: Mid Function
Extracts characters from the middle of a text string, starting at a position you choose. Always returns text.
What is uv and why it's so useful in Python?
Installs Python, isolates each project, and manages dependencies with two commands.
Power Automate: Teams - Get message details Action
Returns the full message behind a message ID: body, sender, mentions, and reactions. The body arrives as HTML.
Power Automate: chunk Function
Splits a string or array into pieces of a fixed size. The last chunk is often shorter.
Book: 12 Rules for Life
Not the usual numbered self-help book. Peterson's twelve principles, from Stalin to God to the Bible.
Excel: Sumif Function
Sums the values that meet one condition. A mismatched sum range is silently reshaped, not flagged.
Power Automate: Teams - When a new chat message is added Trigger
Fires when a message is posted in any chat the connected user is in. Returns IDs only, not content.
base64ToBinary function
Converts a base64-encoded string into binary file content. The content type changes; the base64 does not.
What is a connection reference in Power Automate?
A connection stores credentials; a connection reference is a named pointer to one, living inside a solution.
Excel: Countif Function
Counts the cells in a range that meet one condition. Text matching ignores case.
New Power Automate now requires connection references
Convert a solution flow from a direct connection to a connection reference and unlock the new designer.