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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That's a wrap on Dev Days Cape Town! 🎉 A free, hands-on Saturday of GitHub Copilot: MCP agents, CLI-built apps, secure Copilot, IoT farm insights + a workshop. Thanks to our speakers, sponsors & crew! 🙌 Next one 👉 cptmsdug.dev #DevDaysCapeTown #GitHubCopilot #MVPBuzz

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Registration's open! 🎉 Dev Days Cape Town - 3 Oct 2026, in person, free, community-led. Hands-on with GitHub Copilot app & CLI, real speakers sharing real workflows. Register: cptmsdug.dev/dev-days-202... #DevDaysCapeTown #GitHubCopilot #cptmsdug

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Well done Springboks!! 🎉 Champions 🏆 Epic game and series with New Zealand. In Baltimore, the US also learnt what real football and ball skills are. 😝😎 #Springboks #ForeverGreenForeverGold #RugbysGreatestRivalry

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

📢 CFS Open for Dev Days Cape Town! Share your experiences with GitHub Copilot, Copilot CLI and the Copilot app. Closes 06 Sep 2026 3 Oct 2026 | Cape Town | Free, in-person, community-led sessionize.com/dev-days-cap... #DevDaysCapeTown #GitHubCopilot #MVPBuzz

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

📢 CFS Open for Dev Days Cape Town! 🇿🇦 Share your experiences with GitHub Copilot, Copilot CLI and the Copilot app. Closes 06 Sep 2026 ⏰ 🗓️ 3 Oct 2026 | Cape Town | Free, in-person, community-led 🙌 🔗 sessionize.com/dev-days-cap... #DevDaysCapeTown #GitHubCopilot #MVPBuzz

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

🎮 TOMORROW: CPTMSDUG Mid-Year Games Night! 📅 19 Aug, 5:30PM SAST 📍 Accso, V&A Cape Town Kahoot trivia, pizza, cake pops & prizes. 81+ devs in. RSVP 👉https://www.meetup.com/cape-town-ms-dev-user-group/events/315692231/ PS: No datacenters were harmed making this banner. #localislekker 😁

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The Zebra Technologies Dev Kitchen is kicking off in Cape Town. A very informative day of all things Android and rugged mobile computers, barcode scanners, thermal printers, and RFID. 🎉 #zebradevkitchen #devkitchen #zebra #Android #iot #dotnetmaui #mobile #industrial #mvpbuzz

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

🎉 10 years running as a Microsoft MVP! Beyond honored to be recognized again in Developer Technologies (.NET) + IoT (Azure IoT). Huge thanks to the SA tech community, let's make this year brilliant and keep building cool stuff! 🤗 #mvpbuzz #community #iot #dotnet @MVPAward

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Huge thanks to everyone who came out to our July evening! 😎 Awesome talks on AI Agent Skills from Brett Miller (great to have you back!) and CrimeSpot from Malakai Mathins, a brilliant first talk and a perfect example of tech for good. 🚀 #dotnet #ai #mvpbuzz

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

THIS WEDNESDAY 22 July, 5:30pm @ Accso V&A Waterfront (thanks for the venue + catering! 🤗) 🧠 Agent Skills: teaching AI agents to be experts in Markdown Brett Miller 🗺️ CrimeSpot: ASP.NET Core + Next.js crime dashboard: Malakai Mathins www.meetup.com/cape-town-ms...

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Extremely honoured to be awarded @microsoftmvp.bsky.social for the 10th consecutive year — in two categories: Developer Technologies (.NET) & IoT (Azure IoT)! 😍 Still feels like the first time. Grateful to the community & @Microsoft. Let's go create cool stuff! 🚀 #MVPBuzz #grateful #community

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Is that me, or is it a Hologram? 🤔😝 See you at #DevConf2026!! Get the last remaining tickets before they are gone!! www.devconf.co.za #dev #tech #arcade #codingforfun #iot #iotforfun @devconf.co.za f #diy #techforfun #theenjoymentoftech

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Huge thanks to everyone at last night's @cptmsdug! 🙌 ❄️ De Wet & Datalab for the Snowflake session, swag & quiz 🚍 Shaqeel & Makhi - Uthutho is changing SA transport! Good luck in Silicon Valley 🇿🇦✈️ 🏠 Accso for the venue 🎁 @Offerzen for the swag #MVPBuzz #Azure #Snowflake

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

What an amazing #GitHubCopilot Dev Day in Cape Town! 🚀 Huge thanks to everyone who braved the cold, our sponsors, speakers, organizers, and the incredible community for making it special. Here’s to an Agentic future together! 😍💪 #DevCommunity #TechEvents #AI #mvpbuzz #cptmsdug

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I will be speaking at DevConf 2026 in both Joburg and Cape Town! 12 and 14 May!! Get your tickets and join me for some fun creating some light-bending illusions with tech. 🎉 Why? Why not? 😁 www.devconf.co.za #dev #tech #arcade #codingforfun #iot #iotforfun @devconf.co.za

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Judging for the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2026 MVP Round is done, so many inspiring ideas from the next-gen of tech innovators! 🚀 Good luck to all competitors! Next up: FTC Robotics Nationals on Feb 20, who’s joining? 🥳 #ImagineCup #AI #STEM #Robotics #EdTech imaginecup.microsoft.com

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Had an amazing time at FTC Robotics WC Regionals with 32 teams at Parklands College! Mind-blowing skills, teamwork, and community outreach. Huge congrats to all involved! Tech pros, volunteers needed for Nationals, join us and be inspired. 🤖🙌 #robotics #FIRSTSA #mvpbuzz

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I will be speaking at DevConf 2026 in both Joburg and Cape Town! 12 and 14 May!! Get your tickets and join me for some fun creating illusions with tech. 🎉 www.devconf.co.za #dev #tech #arcade #codingforfun #iot #iotforfun @devconf.co.za #diy

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

What is the first thing one does when you have an epic new IoT device? Install .NET 10 on it ofcourse!!! So far this @officialarduino.bsky.social Uno q is a really impressive little device. I can see it's going to be endless hours of fun. #arduinounoq #iot #mvpbuzz #dotnet #dotnetconfsa

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

The Arduino Uno Q's just arrived! 😍 Let the IoT fun begin! It's quite small. 🤔💪 #iot #ai #arduino #qualcomm #arduinoq #dragonwing #mvpbuzz

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Calling all .NET speakers! 🚀 .NET Conf 2025 South Africa Community Edition is in-person this Nov: Durban 15 Nov, Cape Town 22 Nov, Johannesburg 29 Nov. Call for Speakers and sponsors now open. Official .NET Foundation event: sessionize.com/net-conf-sou... #sponsors #speakers

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

.NET Conf 2025 South Africa Community Edition is in-person this November! DBN 15 Nov, CPT 22 Nov, JHB 29 Nov. CFP open (limited time): sessionize.com/net-conf-sou... Submit a talk today! Sponsor opportunities: also available! #dotnetconfsa #community #aimldatadurban

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Thanks to everyone who joined my “Azure + IoT” session at @cptmsdug and questions till late! #IoT telemetry fuels #AI. We covered IoT Hub, IoT Edge, Event Grid, IoT Central & Azure IoT Operations; cloud vs edge, managed vs DIY. #Azure #IoT #AzureIoT #AI #mvpbuzz

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Visual Studio Code @vscode.dev · 28/08/2025

We're so excited to bring you VS Code Dev Days - a global community initiative to explore the AI capabilities within VS Code! With more than 60 worldwide, in-person events and 4 special virtual editions, there's an event for you. Learn more: aka.ms/VSCode/DevDa...

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Honored to host @jfversluis.dev at the Future Innovation Lab @uwconline.bsky.social ! A jam-packed journey: Xamarin → MAUI → Blazor → Blazor Hybrid → Community Toolkit. Thank you for inspiring our students! 😎 #MAUI #students #edu #InspiringTomorrowToday #GuestSpeaker

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Huge thanks to Asif Valley for inspiring the Future Innovation students! Packed session on AI, Microsoft solutions, cert vouchers and paths, and startup journeys—practical and energizing. Hope to host you again soon! #AI #Education #Microsoft #mvpbuzz @oncodad.bsky.social @uwconline.bsky.social

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Honored to receive the Microsoft MVP Award for the 9th year in Dev Technologies (.NET) & also IoT—and my new award disc has officially joined the shelf! Grateful for the recognition & amazing community. Congrats to all MVPs! Here’s to another awesome year! #mvpbuzz @mvpaward.bsky.social

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Humbled & honored to receive the @mvpaward.bsky.social for the 9th year in Developer Technologies (.NET) & Azure IoT! Grateful for the recognition & amazing global + South African tech communities. Congrats to all MVPs! Here's to another awesome year! 🏆 #mvpbuzz #grateful #community

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

What an incredible end to the week! Huge thanks to @scott.hanselman.com for an inspiring, wisdom-packed session with Samsung Future innovation lab @uwconline.bsky.social students. Always grateful for your support! 🙌 #midnighttechsession #Microsoft #DotNet #MVPBuzz #InspiringTomorrowToday

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Huge thanks to Veliswa Boya & Craig Mullins from AWS for inspiring us at the Future Innovaton Lab, University of the Western Cape ! Your insights on AWS Cloud Stack & career journeys were invaluable. Grateful for the swag and your time! 😊 #AWS #Community #Students #BeCurious @oncodad.bsky.social

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

🚨 Join us for exclusive in-person event with @richcampbell , host of .NET Rocks and RunAs Radio 🗓️ May 31st @bbdsoftware "History of .NET" + the "Perils and Promise of AI" in a double-header session. Don't miss this chance to meet him! Register now: www.meetup.com/cape-town-ms...

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Join CPTMSDUG on May 21st for an exciting in-person meetup! 🎉 Enjoy sessions by Abed Matini on Prompt Engineering and @mattleibow.bsky.social on Hybrid Apps. Huge thanks to Accso & @OfferZen for sponsoring! Register here: www.meetup.com/cape-town-ms... #AI #MAUI #Microsoft #Community

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Congratulations to Argus, HairMatch, + Signvrse for securing spot in the #ImagineCup World Championship! Truly an honor to help judge + witness these AI-powered innovations in action. Meet teams + tune in May 19 at 8:45 AM PT during #MSBuild: aka.ms/2025ICTop3Blog

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

May the 4th be with you! We celebrated Star Wars day in style by meeting Ian McDiarmid / Emperor Palpatine today at #ComicConCapeTown. 🥳🥳 So all our celebrations are complete. Re-watched all the Star Wars movies , attended ComicCon and met an icon! 😍 #darthsidious #starwars

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

It's #ComicConCapeTown time!!! 😎😎 🥳@ComicConCPT

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I think we need to start making these. What do you think? 🤔 @cptmsdug #community #spike #mvpbuzz @dotnetfoundation.org #swag

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Join us on April 23rd in-person! "Unlocking Power of Integrated Analytics" with Inayeth Govender "Future of AI and Automation: RPA vs IA vs APA" with Racheline Mouyana Thanks to @Accso for sponsoring the venue and snacks! REGISTER HERE: www.meetup.com/cape-town-ms... #ai #fabric

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Microsoft Fabric & RPA, AI and Automation, Wed, Apr 23, 2025, 5:30 PM | Meetup

**Accso is in Suite 302 in the Clock Tower building. Nearest parking is in the Clock Tower parking.** *This event is 17:30 for 18:00. The session content will start prompt

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Happy #IoTDay! Explore all the activities at iotday.org Don't miss the presentation by @robtiffany.bsky.social on "Saving the Earth with AI + the Internet of Things" at youtu.be/h13nAtTT368 Join for an insightful session! #mvpbuzz #iot #sustainability #environmrnent #ai

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IoT Day – The IoTday April 9 is a Global Day to celebrate IoT as a baseline for decision making based on real time data

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

My new #mvpsummit badge has been deployed to the community shelf along with some new and awesome @MVPAward branded swag. 😎 @cptmsdug Spike has also been upgraded to "Expert status". 😊 I think I need a bigger shelf. 🤔 #spike #mvpbuzz #community #swag

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Returned from an amazing trip to Seattle for the #mvpsummit. Have to admit it was a week of doing currency conversions from USD to ZAR. I can now though happily say when back in SA, a pork, beef + lamb braai for the whole family is only around 20 USD. 😎🤣@MVPAward #mvpbuzz

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Allan Pead @adpead.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I think I need a bigger bag and there's many more days to go. 🤔😁 Thank you Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for all the #mvpbuzz branded swag this year! 😍🤗 #MVPSummit #mvpbuzz Microsoft #github #spike #developers

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