Hi, I’m Thomas.

I’m an IT Solutions Architect with over 15 years of experience designing, deploying, and supporting automation platforms in real-world environments — the kind that have to survive changing requirements, staff turnover, security reviews, and production systems that grow messier over time, not just the “perfect world” version you see in a vendor demo.

Somewhere along the way I realized the lesson is the same whether I’m automating something for a large organization or for myself on a random Tuesday night: the point was never the automation itself, it’s the time you get back because of it.

Codes with Coffee is where I write about that, using tools like Power Automate, SharePoint, PowerShell, n8n, and AI-assisted workflows. Some of what I write is aimed squarely at IT pros solving real problems inside real organizations. Some of it is just about using that same thinking to automate your own life — you don’t need an IT department to get an hour of your evening back.

You’ll find three kinds of content here:

• Tutorials — structured, multi-part series for learning a platform from the ground up, like the Power Automate 101 series.

• Flows — short, single-objective automation walkthroughs, like automating out-of-office replies or building repeatable Planner templates.

• Architecture and governance insights — lessons learned from seeing what works, what breaks, and what slowly becomes a problem months after something ships.

Whichever camp you’re in — running automation for an organization, or just trying to reclaim an hour a week for yourself — that’s what I’m actually after: less time on busywork, more time for the stuff you’d rather be doing.

When I’m not building or reviewing automations, I’m usually experimenting with new tools, gaming, cooking, or spending time with my family — almost always with a cup of coffee nearby.