# Stop Reinventing SPFx- Building Better SharePoint Solutions with PnP React Controls with Siddharth Vaghasia [MVP]

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Podcast: [M365.FM a Microsoft MVP Podcast by Mirko Peters](https://stenobird.com/podcast/m365-fm-modern-work-security-and-productivity-with-microsoft-365-7311214)
Published: 2026-08-28T05:19:58+00:00
Episode link: https://www.m365.fm/siddharth-vaghasia/
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## Resource

Modern SharePoint development does not mean building every component from scratch. In this episode of the M365 FM Podcast, Mirko Peters talks with Microsoft MVP Siddharth Vaghasia about building production-ready SharePoint Framework (SPFx) solutions by combining the right Microsoft 365 technologies with reusable community components.Siddharth brings nearly 18 years of experience across the Microsoft technology stack, from .NET and the early days of SharePoint Server to SharePoint Online, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Azure, and modern SPFx development. WHEN SHOULD YOU ACTUALLY USE SPFx? Not every SharePoint requirement needs custom development. Siddharth explains a simple principle: first determine whether Microsoft already provides the functionality. If the requirement can reasonably be solved with standard SharePoint capabilities, avoid unnecessary customization.SPFx becomes valuable when organizations need experiences, integrations, or interfaces that cannot be delivered effectively with out-of-the-box functionality. SPFx VS POWER PLATFORM Should you build the solution with SPFx or Power Apps?The discussion explores where each approach fits. Power Apps can be effective for relatively straightforward forms, conditional fields, business rules, and scenarios where citizen development and low-code maintainability matter.SPFx becomes particularly powerful when developers need greater control over the user interface, complex data handling, reusable components, APIs, or sophisticated application experiences directly inside SharePoint. Siddharth also argues that generative AI coding tools are changing the traditional assumption that pro-code development necessarily takes longer than low-code development. THE MODERN SPFx TECHNOLOGY STACK A modern SPFx project brings togethe…

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