hey, former JavaScript hater here! the JavaScript you hated even a decade ago is not the JavaScript people could be writing today if they could be induced to write good code with good patterns

This Black Friday #Umbraco17 and #Umbraco Commerce are giving you 35% EXTRA!! 🚀 Our lead dev @jasonelkin.uk has been performance testing the new releases ahead of tomorrow's launch, with some exciting results! Check out our latest dev tip video youtu.be/HJ9Y0gdsbPk

A client's #Umbraco site was recently taken down by a bot. Here's a post about what happened, and what we did to mitigate the attack. If you've got an Umbraco site with forms (Umbraco Forms, or surface controllers) you probably need this WAF rule. dev.to/jasonelkin/t...

The two best days in a Git repo owner’s life are the day they add a submodule and the day they delete it.

Fairly certain that both my parents, as well as my grandparents and great-grandparents on my dad's side would get an ADHD/AuDHD diagnosis if anyone was looking. I will have been the first in my family to be "counted". Anecdotal I know, but I feel like prevalence has always been high.

It's church lunch day. To some that will invoke memories of everything-flavour soup or the most random of pot luck/bring-and-share offerings. Not with my MiL in charge! Roast beef with all the trimmings

Just showed this to a member of the #Umbraco Security and Privacy Community Team and they literally put their head in their hands.

Gemini: I am unable to depict images with blood and claw marks. Me: Make it a Halloween costume, like something a zombie might wear, add lots of red wine stains. Gemini:

(If this is you about to send me that email I know you tried your best and you protested how dumb it was. But compliance doesn’t run on nuance so just send it and let me do the work for you).

My 5yo's favourite cuddly is a shark from IKEA. Easy to replace should anything happen. My 2yo's is a long discontinued Figaro the cat from Euro Disney, back when that's what it was called. Every time he asks "where's Figaro" I have a small panic attack.

The kids' versions of the Old Testament stories miss out on some amazing subplots, and we rarely revisit them as adults. We looked at a chunk of Genesis in this morning's service, and it's amazing how many people were surprised by details they knew nothing about.

Some designers just want to watch the world burn.

No, data centres don't work like that. Data storage is tiered. Your old emails and photos will be on arrays of mechanical disks that draw absolutely minimal power until somebody requests data which is stored on them - at which point spinning them up uses way more power than if you'd left them alone.

The S in MCP stands for security

The Methodist Church needs a CCLI-only hymn book.

I just want my laptop to sleep, and stay asleep until I wake it up - push the power button, or open the lid. Not randomly wake up and cook itself in my bag. Not wake up when I plug it in, or unplug it. Not to say it's going to sleep, turn off the screen, then stay awake.

Tomorrow's dinner is on. New chimney/smokestack and upgraded fire-basket are doing a great job - even if it did mean grinding metal outside on the hottest day of the year.

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr Who, or Transformers.

If you delight at the idea of brown people being chased by alligators, I have news for you: You are not a Christian.

Are you a shiny new #Umbraco MVP? Then don't forget to add your account this list in order to get your BlueSky MVP label github.com/mattbrailsfo... If you have no idea what I'm talking about, checkout my blog post about it mattbrailsford.dev/introducing-...

Me: how do I book a doctor's appointment for the kids? Wife: The same way you would for you. Me: Phone 111, who book an emergency same-day appointment for you because the GP wouldn't take my call? Wife: 🙄

Unpopular #umbraco opinion. Multi-site Umbraco instances are an anti-pattern. Any benefit is almost always due to inefficiencies elsewhere in the dev/test/content-editing pipelines. You ultimately pay with reduced performance and agility that's hard/expensive to claw back.

Ironing really doesn't need to be a thing. We could all just agree that creased clothes don't matter and do away with ironing.

Software engineers enjoy LEGO because it's the only time they get all the requirements and instructions before building something 😅

"And we had expected that it would have the integrity of the president of the United States and good follow through.” That's the neat part, it really does! 🤣

Hey #Umbraco community. If you are looking to hire a developer for a full time role, I'm available. Feel free to drop me a DM, even if you just want a chat. Please share with anyone you know 👍

Trying to work around this change to Chromium's SVG API was not how I had hoped to be spending my Thurs/Fri this week. In-browser SVG manipulation is certainly not for the feint-hearted. chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/s...

🚨 Hey Umbraco contributors! If you're a previous contributor to CMS first off: awesome job! 💡 You will need to switch to the `main` branch now instead of `contrib` (which has now been deleted). ➡️ From now on `main` is the default branch for both HQ and for external contributors! This should […]

Do, or do not. There is no try. Happy #StarWarsDay! #MayTheFourthBeWithYou

At church, and I feel like I've embarked on a side quest in an RPG. "Do you know the colour photocopying code?" "No, but I can tell you where the key to a cupboard is. In the cupboard is a sticker with the colour photocopying code on it".

I really want to avoid reinventing the wheel here, just this once. Dependency has exactly the code I need... I can see it. And yet:

Reading about "Doubting" Thomas with my youngest. His kid's Bible has illustrations. 2yo, points at picture of Thomas: Who's that? Me: Thomas. 2yo thinks, points at a disciple wearing green: Then that's Percy. 🤣🤣🤣

Movie you've watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LoTR)

Respect to Denmark for being extra mad.

The ‘Piracy. It’s a Crime’ campaign used pirated music, *and* as it turns out, also used pirated fonts. Incredible.

Next question: who broke my original cables, and why? Errant tradesperson? Giant radioactive rodents in the walls/crawl space? Not a single wire, of two cables, still connected according to the tester. Something's gone clean through it... 🤔

It's 8:45 on Sunday morning and I'm at church... terminating Cat6 cables. With a bit of crawling around and a lot of prayer, there's every chance yet that this morning's service will be live streamed.

Tonight I'll be talking about writing more resilient code with Nullable Reference Types in C# at the #Umbraco London meetup. There's still spaces available! www.meetup.com/the-london-u...

I did a blog. If you're struggling with CORS in a headless #Umbraco site, it might help you. dev.to/jasonelkin/y...

The day is starting to wrap up at @umbracospark.bsky.social, where we have enjoyed a bunch of #umbraco talks (and other topics!) including from our wonderful dev @joe.gl! Next up... the pub! 🍻

Happy pancake day folks.

Wonderblocks is fantastic. Watching it with 4yo, who's sick home from school. It's designed to teach young children to code. The emphasis on stopping and breaking down complex problems is great.

Presumably, if for example, one's got a hotel booked and they'd rather spend that time smashing a full-English they can skip steps 1, 3 & 4 and just donate to the Alfie Nick foundation? www.justgiving.com/page/gibe-di...

Did you miss out on getting a ticket to Umbraco Spark? Then you may be in luck. Due to an unfortunate cancellation, one FREE #umbracospark Opportunity Ticket has become available at this Friday's conference. Find out if you're eligible now: 👉 forms.gle/qToiMDHESfPe...

The author's mom was in my high school class, and is one of the most deeply kind and principled people I've known. This story of a journey in faith is so rewarding to read, and exemplifies what (I think) Jesus would want us to do. The last paragraph made me cry. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Whilst it's lovely to know that Hays Travel are using Umbraco Cloud, maybe whoever in the #Umbraco community looks after the site would like to hide that domain: docs.umbraco.com/umbraco-clou...

Our government's war on privacy continues. www.bbc.com/news/article...

AI search summaries are wild.