Power Platform Dev Weekly #293

May 13, 2026

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🥇 Cover Story

Vibe coded Power Pages SPA: unfiltered

by Riccardo Gregori

Spoilers for the rest of the newsletter but I think this is the first time AI made it into all the sections of the newsletter! In todays cover story, Riccardo talks about Single Page Applications and combines it with vibe coding. Read this blog to see the results!

🖼️Canvas Apps

Filter And Display Contacts Based On Account In Custom Page
by Megan V. Walker
Megan V. Walker shows how a custom page can use the current Account record to filter Contacts, so users only see relevant people rather than every Contact in Dataverse. It is a simple but effective way to make model-driven app experiences feel more contextual and user-friendly.

💎 Model Driven Apps & Dataverse

Pass Parameters to HTML Web Resources in Model Driven Apps
by Rajeev Pentyala
Rajeev Pentyala shows how to pass parameters into an HTML web resource in a model-driven app using the $webresource directive and a ?data= query string, then read those values in JavaScript to make the page behave more contextually.

🤖 Copilot & Code Apps

How To View Conversation Transcripts In Copilot Studio
by Matthew Devaney
Matthew has a walkthrough of a great Code App he created to display transcripts from your agent runs.

Power Apps Vibe Coded Experience [Preview]
by Priyesh Wagh
Priyesh Wagh gives a quick preview of the new Power Apps vibe-coded experience, covering the admin settings needed to enable it and how natural language prompts can be used to generate, review and publish an app.

I don't want AI to write my code
by Remy Van Duijkeren
Remy van Duijkeren argues AI is most useful as a thinking partner rather than a code generator, helping developers challenge ideas, explore options and improve design before implementation.

🚀Power Automate

Stop Copying Logic Across Flows. Use Child Flows
by Kailash Ramachandran
Kailash highlights why you should never duplicate yourself in flow and the reasons to use Child flows.

Power Apps Code Apps – Trigger a Power Automate Flow
by Rajeev Pentyala
Rajeev Pentyala, who has multiple entries in this week’s newsletter, walks through how to trigger a solution-aware Power Automate instant flow from a Power Apps code app, covering the flow setup, CLI steps and generated TypeScript pieces needed to wire it all together.