What an incredible week we had in Copenhagen last week for NDC Conferences! We would like to say thank you to the NDC team and everyone who came to say hello! Hopefully, you are all YakShaving your bugs and features now! 🐛🤖 We hope to see you in Lisbon! 👋

Let's go NDC Copenhagen!! 👋 Join us over the next few days for some great talks, fun swag, and to learn about some great tools that will make your life as a developer much easier! #NDC #developertools #AI #CMS

Ever wished reporting a bug was as easy as pressing record? 🎥🪓 Check out Adam Cogan’s blog on YakShaver, the AI-powered tool that turns your screen‑recorded bug or feature idea into a fully structured work item - in just 30 seconds. Less yak-shaving more coding! adamcogan.com/2025/05/14/a...

We are still recovering from an amazing weekend with the SSW Melbourne team at their annual retreat! This year we went to Kryal Castle, home of swords, dragons, jousting, and murder mysteries!! ⚔️🐲 Then the next day, we recovered with a beautiful walk around La Gerche Forest! 🚶🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️

🧠 Are you missing out on harnessing your most valuable resource? 3 times a year, we take a day away from consulting to brainstorm ideas with the team. It's brought about some of our best products, like YakShaver, and this year is no different. We can't wait to share some of the ideas with you!

🎥 New video: Health Check Infrastructure One flaky API can quietly break your entire app — and by the time you notice, users are already frustrated. Watch it here ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdA5...

🎥 New video: AI Assisted Development for Enterprise "Vibe coding" might feel productive, but it’s how you end up with AI-built Frankenfeatures. Watch it here ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ke-... #ai #githubcopilot #chatgpt #nextjs #softwaredevelopment #developerworkflow #enterprisetech

🎉 Happy 3-year SSWversary to Gert Marx! Gert is a powerhouse Solution Architect whose 20+ years of experience show up in every project he touches. From healthcare to government, his work has consistently turned complexity into clarity with robust, high-performing solutions. Thanks Gert!

🚨 New Rule Alert! "Do you protect your team's creativity?" by Anton Polkanov highlights the things that foster creativity under pressure. 💡 Check out his video about creativity vs burnout for your team 👇 ssw.com.au/rules/protec... #creativity #softwaredevelopment #leadership 🤖

🎉 Happy 2-year SSWversary to Chloe Lin! Chloe is a front-end force based in our Strasbourg office, blending precision and creativity across React, Vue, and .NET. She’s delivered everything from sleek websites to complex ERP systems, always with a sharp focus on user experience. Thanks Chloe!

🎥 New video: Roguelike Leadership – Fail, Learn, Lead Better | Gert Marx & Andrew Murphy Tech leadership isn’t a straight path...it’s more like a roguelike. You fail. You learn. You try again with better gear. .Watch it here ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEhl...

🎥 New video: Contextive & AI: Bridging Developers and Business | Gert Marx & Chris Simon At NDC Melbourne, SSW’s Gert Marx caught up with Chris Simon to unpack the latest from Contextive - the open-source tool making code more business-aware. Watch it here ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd8c...

🎉 Happy 2-year SSWversary to Marcus Irmscher! Since joining the SSW TV team, he’s been the go-to for high-impact motion graphics, polished videography, and smooth production workflows. Thanks Marcus!

🎥 New video: The Secret to Client Trust If your sprints feel like a scramble, you might be planning wrong. In this short talk, SSW Project Manager Michael Smedley shares why underpromising and overdelivering is the smarter play. Watch it here ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=f46Y...

Don't forget tonight's User Group with Calum Simpson! Integration hell is real, and developers have battled it for years. But with Model Context Protocol (MCP) gaining momentum, we’re finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Join us!👇🏻 www.meetup.com/sydney-net-u...

🎥 New video: MCP – Ensuring Our Tools Are Ready for the Robot Overlords 🤖 MCP (Model Context Protocol) is shaping up to be the standard for plugging tools, prompts, and resources into AI workflows. Watch it here ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sIG...

Integration hell is real, but the end might finally be in sight with Model Context Protocol (MCP). 👀 Join us at the .NET User Group with Calum Simpson for fresh dev insights, practical AI tips, & a live MCP demo that'll make you rethink integration. 🍕 from 6pm www.meetup.com/sydney-net-u...

A big welcome to all of our special guests joining Brady Stroud and Daniel Mackay on the .NET 9 Superpowers today! We have 30 keen learners joining us from all over, both in-person in Sydney and online! 🎉 We hope you enjoy the new #AI modules and the .NET demos throughout the day! #dotnet

🎉 Happy 7-year SSWversary to Ken Shi! Ken is a Senior UI/UX Designer at SSW , and over the last 7 years, he’s brought clarity to complexity. With a background in both startups and enterprise, Ken blends business sense with design precision, always putting the user first. Thanks Ken!

🎥 New video: Tech News #48 – OpenAI, Zapier, GitHub Security & .NET Updates In this month’s edition, Matt Wicks covers what devs need to know right now. Watch it here ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmHT... #technews #openai #zapier #github #dotnet #dotnetaspire #dotnet10 #ai #cybersecurity #devlife

🎥 New video: How to Automate Social Media Posts Using AI In this video, SSW’s Seth Daily walks through a smarter way to keep your product’s social presence consistent and efficient. Watch it here ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKto...

🎉 Happy 7-year SSWversary to Kaique “Kiki” Biancatti! Kiki isn’t just a Systems Analyst - he’s SSW’s automation ace. With deep skills in PowerShell, Power Automate, Power Apps, Azure, and Zendesk, Kiki has taken internal and client systems from clunky to cutting-edge. Thanks Kiki!

🎯 .NET 9 Superpowers Tour – Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney Modern .NET has changed the game. Whether you're building enterprise apps, public APIs, or slick UIs, .NET 9 is packed with features you’ll want to master. Find out more here: www.ssw.com.au/events/net-s... #dotnet #dotnet9 #blazor

🎥 New video: Why We Love Vertical Slice Architecture | Sam Maher Clean Architecture is fine… until it’s not. In this talk, SSW Software Engineer Sam Maher explains why Vertical Slice Architecture (VSA) is a better fit for modern . Watch it here ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-97...

🎥 New video: Shaving the Yak with AI ➡️ Devs want specs, Product Owners want speed The endless back-and-forth between Product Owners and Developers usually ends the same way: frustrated devs, confused POs, and a backlog full of junk. Watch it here ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1w8...

🎥 New video: The Hidden Cost of AI | Ulysses Maclaren & Richard Campbell What do nuclear reactors, brownouts, and water shortages have to do with AI? A lot more than you think. Watch it here ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQtW... #ai #sustainability #energy #datacenters #microsoft #nuclearenergy

🎥 New video: Making Your Website AI-Friendly with LMS.txt Isaac Lombard shows how Markdown mirrors boost AI tools with clean, fast, low-token content. The SEO game is changing—here’s how to stay ahead. www.youtube.com/shorts/JE3H4... #ai #seo #lms #markdown

🎉 3 years at SSW for Aman Kumar! From scalable architecture to clean Angular apps and rock-solid CI/CD, Aman’s been a quiet force behind big wins at SSW Melbourne. 👏 Cheers to more years of smart solutions! #team #work #workversary #culture #celebration

🎥 New video: Choosing the Right Message Queue for Distributed Systems Poornima Nayar breaks down queuing trade-offs, code examples, and what to watch for in modern architecture. Must-watch for devs who care about scale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=grlc... #messagequeue #scalability

My therapist told me to follow my dreams. So I went back to sleep and dreamt of clean code. #devmeme 🤣💤 #codingisfun #programming #programminglife #programmingisfun #programmingjokes #programminghumor #devlife #programmingmemes #devjokes

My code works. I don't know why. My code doesn't work. I don't know why #devmeme 🤣 #codingisfun #programming #programminglife #programmingisfun #programmingjokes #programminghumor #devlife #programmingmemes #devjokes

SSW hit the ground in Oslo last month for NDC, bringing two sharp tools: TinaCMS and YakShaver. From live demos to developer talks, the booth was buzzing. The best part? The conversations. We chatted with devs from all over the world about shaving the right yaks and editing content the right way.

🎤 Tonight’s the night! Sydney .NET User Group is back 🎉 Join us in person at SSW Sydney or online for a big one: TJ Gokken is going head-to-head with AI in a coding showdown that asks the question – will AI replace devs? #dotnet #usergroup #ai #developers #fsharp #codingchallenge #techmeetup

🎥 New video: Building a Custom Company Landing Page with TinaCMS Skip the rigid CMS pain. Learn how to build fast, editable Next.js sites with real-time updates and API-driven content. Watch now ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx3a... #nextjs #tinacms #cms

🎉 2 years of excellence with Jeoffrey Fischer! From AeroAcoustics PhD to software leader, he’s led cloud projects, driven Agile as a Scrum Master, and shared dev wisdom via SSW Rules. 👏 Big kudos to Jeoffrey! #team #work #workversary #culture #celebration

🎥 New SSW TV video: AI fools humans, Google builds Agent Protocol, Microsoft doubles down on AI, and Meta games the benchmarks (again). Plus: DALL·E 4 cracks memes, and Trump’s tariffs hit tech hard. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3e2... #ai #technews #turingtest

"It works on my machine!" The developer's anthem and curse. #devmeme 🤣😅 #codingisfun #programming #programminglife #programmingisfun #programmingjokes #programminghumor #devlife #programmingmemes #devjokes

Happy 3-year SSWversary to Sylvia Huang! 🎉 Sylvia brings full-stack firepower to every project. Whether it's Angular on the front or .NET on the back, she knows how to ship fast and clean. She’s also got a keen eye for UI/UX, a perfect balance of brains and polish. Thanks for three awesome years!

💥 AI vs Human: The Ultimate Coding Smackdown TJ Gokken pits AI vs AI vs Human in F# game logic. Live at the Sydney .NET User Group – Wed June 18. Plus news, pizza, and a surprise twist. Can’t make it? Stream it live 👉 www.ssw.com.au/live #dotnet #ai #developers #fsharp

Incredible energy, smart devs, and lots of yaks shaved 🐂 🪒 What a way to wrap up #SlashNew! Massive thanks to everyone who stopped by the TinaCMS + YakShaver + SSW booth — we loved hearing your ideas, talking AI, and solving real-world problems together 💬🔥 #AI #AItools #slashnew #devs

Today the team has been in #Newcastle at slashNEW conference! 🎉 Bumping in nice and early, we've been showing developers the easy way to report bugs and request features using Yakshaver.ai The TinaCMS team is here too, solving all of your content woes - come and say hi tomorrow & win some swag! 👋🏻

slashNEW kicks off the week in Newcastle, and we're really excited to be a sponsor! 🎉 We'll be introducing our new AI tool that will help any dev or Product Owner work more efficiently! With YakShaver, no more long emails for bugs or features! Come and say hi! 👋🏻 #slashnew #ai #aitools #dev #devs

Day 2 at NDC Oslo ✅ Vibes were high & devs kept coming. YakShaver’s still pulling big interest & we were flat out with demos all day. Merch was cleared out by 2pm, sorry if you missed out 😬 The biggest prize draw yet at 4pm had everyone pumped 1 more day to check out what we’re building, come say 👋🏻

🧠 The SSW Brisbane crew + some special interstate guests are coming together for our annual tech brainstorm! We’re tackling real challenges, pitching bold ideas, and shaping what’s next. This isn’t just another meeting; it’s where big things begin! 💡 Stay tuned!

⏰ Reminder – you don’t want to miss this one! Poornima Nayar is fresh from NDC Melbourne and is now joining us at the Sydney .NET User Group tomorrow night! Join us for 'Choosing the Right Messaging Solution for Your Architecture' Lock in your spot now → meetup.com/sydney-net-u...

That’s a wrap on NDC Melbourne! 🎉 The TinaCMS and YakShaver teams had an incredible time connecting with developers, sharing laughs (and llamas🦙). Thanks to everyone who stopped by, we loved chatting with you! Until next time, keep shaving those yaks! 🐂

We're excited to host TinaCon TOMORROW at SSW Melbourne! Join our expert speakers to learn some new skills, and then help us celebrate TinaCMS's one-year partnership with SSW! Last call to get your ticket!! 👇🏻 tina.io/conference

🎉 We’re at NDC Melbourne! Geeking out, learning lots, and loving the energy. Come say hi! 👋 #NDCMelbourne

🎥 New video: AI Agents – Beyond Traditional Workflows If you’re working with AI, you need to understand the shift from static models to dynamic, autonomous agents. Watch now! 🎬 📺 Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=BlqJ...

We're kicking off the latest Clean Architecture Superpowers today here in Brisbane! 🌉 Our experts, Anton & Daniel, are excited to teach an engaged bunch of devs the best practices you should follow to keep your applications clean, robust, and future-proof! 🧅💫 #cleanarchitecture #workshops