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Matt Brailsford @mattbrailsford.dev · 02/10/2025

The #UmbracoInTheCity schedule is now online, including my talk asking if Spec Driven Development is the future of #AI coding. Tickets are still available, but selling fast so don't miss out 🚀🎟️ www.umbracointhe.city #Umbraco

UMBRACO IN THE CITY: MANCHESTER 2025
IS SPEC DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT THE FUTURE OF AI CODING?
07/NOV/2025 — MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM
MATT BRAILSFORD

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Matt Brailsford @mattbrailsford.dev · 19/07/2025

Just playing around vibe coding atm, but would there be any appetite for an UMB.FYI dashboard folks could use as their browser default page featuring key Umbraco info? #umbraco

Proof of concept of a potential UMB.FYI Umbraco related homescreen dashboard highlighting key Umbraco info

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Matt Brailsford @mattbrailsford.dev · 09/07/2025

Hmm, that's interesting. Looks like posting UMB.FYI to bluesky messed up a little today. Looks like the tag facets didn't quite lineup. Not entirely sure why 🤔

Screenshot showing the tag links being off on the latest UMB.FYI post

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Matt Brailsford @mattbrailsford.dev · 21/06/2025

Thanks to all at #Umbraco #MVPSummit and #Codegarden who attended my ND workplace talk! It was the first time publicly sharing my story after my diagnosis last year and I was super nervous but you all made it feel safe. This community is truly #Umbazing 🙏 #Neurodiversity #Inclusion #Umbraco

Title slide from my talk on how to create a neurodivergent friendly workplace

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Matt Brailsford @mattbrailsford.dev · 05/06/2025

After dealing with a growing influx of SEO filler articles submitted to UMB.FYI I decided to add to my property editor that summarises links using AI to also score content for value, depth and impact. At the click of a button I get a subtle traffic light visual of it’s a quality. #umbraco

Example of a quality link with a green indicator to signify its quality

A n example of a poorly performing link due to its lack of depth or value to the UMB.FYI audience

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Matt Brailsford @mattbrailsford.dev · 25/05/2025

Nice. Tweaked the JSON output to streamline payloads and format links and I now get some good recommendations 😎

Screenshot from Claude AI desktop suggesting suitable Peloton classes for my injuries

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Matt Brailsford @mattbrailsford.dev · 24/05/2025

Well this is cool 😎 I've been doing a lot of Peloton classes lately, however having incurred a rotator cuff injury and suffering with a herniated disk, it is just a pain to search their UI for suitable classes. So I created a Peloton MCP server and asked Claude to search for me #peloton #ai #mcp

A screenshot of Claude AI searching my custom Peloton MCP for suitable classes that work around my injuries.

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Matt Brailsford @mattbrailsford.dev · 24/01/2025

Here's how the Umbraco Commerce v15 perf stats stack up against v12/v13. Not too shabby if I do say so myself 😎 #umbraco

$Two charts showing perf stats for different server configurations comparing Umbraco Commerce v13 performance against v15. Ultimately v15 performs over twice as well as v13 at a fraction of the response times.$

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Matt Brailsford @mattbrailsford.dev · 23/01/2025

I can't tell you how pleased I am to see this chart. We took a gamble in Umbraco Commerce v15 to move to a fully async API and I'm not gonna lie, it worried me. But after some fiddling, we are finally seeing the results in practically double the capacity of v13 😍 #umbraco

HTTP Performance overview chart showing a ramping load test up to 200 users with a stead sub 1s request duration

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Matt Brailsford @mattbrailsford.dev · 16/12/2024

Boom! We did it! UMB.FYI hits the 600+ subscriber mark. Thanks you everyone 🙏 #umbraco

Screenshot of a chart showing UMB.FYI subscriber levels reaching 608 subscribers

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Matt Brailsford @mattbrailsford.dev · 14/12/2024

Wh00p! And well done on being the first in my feed to have both an MS and Umbraco MVP label.

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Matt Brailsford @mattbrailsford.dev · 10/12/2024

Ooooh, my custom Bluesky labeler works 🥳 Just a proof of concept at the moment, but now I know it works it’s time to flesh out the details. #umbraco

Screenshot of a Bluesky post displaying a custom “Umbraco HQ” label

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Matt Brailsford @mattbrailsford.dev · 05/12/2024

Just 9 subscribers away from reaching the 600 mark for UMB.FYI 🤞 If you are not signed up yet, and you want to get all the latest Umbraco news to your inbox, you can subscribe via the form on the homepage umb.fyi #umbraco

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Matt Brailsford @mattbrailsford.dev · 30/11/2024

Failing that, my Omnibot Lego build is pretty pixely 😁 #yarrbooty #2024

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Matt Brailsford @mattbrailsford.dev · 30/11/2024

Can we use ChatGPT for this one too? 😀 #yarrbooty #2024

A pixel art Pirate, Monkey, Robot and Ninja

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Matt Brailsford @mattbrailsford.dev · 29/11/2024

With more people tipping for umb.fyi, I thought it was time to streamline the process of converting a tip to a media item. So I've creating a modal that pre-populates the media item fields with data from the tip. Still a manual process, but this reduces the number of steps it takes #umbraco

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Matt Brailsford @mattbrailsford.dev · 28/11/2024

Ok, here you go Dog and ball 🥎🐶😀

Picture of my black cockapoo with a ball in its mouth

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Matt Brailsford @mattbrailsford.dev · 27/11/2024

The X purge is complete with all posts now deleted. I'll keep the account so it doesn't get spammed, but I won't be posted there anymore (not that I have for the last 2 years anyway)

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Matt Brailsford @mattbrailsford.dev · 17/11/2024

Lets do this Bluesky! You can now UMB.FYI tip your favourite #Umbraco content just like you can on Mastodon and Discord. Simply reply to the post of interest tagging in the @umb.fyi account followed by the keyword 'tip'. Happy tipping 🤠

Screenshot of a Buesky post being tipped for UMB.FYI inclusion

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Matt Brailsford @mattbrailsford.dev · 16/11/2024

Almost there with a BlueSky tip bot for UMB.FYI. It all works but I could do with waiting on a bug fix in the client library I’m using.

Screenshot of an UMB.FYI tip request with a thank you bot response

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Matt Brailsford @mattbrailsford.dev · 14/11/2024

Hmmm, how committed am I to delivering UMB.FYI on EVERY Wednesday morning? 🤔 #umbraco

Screenshot of my calendar reminder to prep UMB.FYI falling on Christmas day

Screenshot of my calendar reminder to prep UMB.FYI falling on New Years day

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Matt Brailsford @mattbrailsford.dev · 14/11/2024

With the amount of new people here, I guess it's time to add deck.blue to my Sidekick panel 😁

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Matt Brailsford @mattbrailsford.dev · 16/09/2023

After yesterday’s #UmbraCoffee and hearing folk struggle to stay up to date with the latest #Umbraco news, it inspired me to start something new. A weekly #Umbraco newsletter with TL;DRs and links for all the essential updates. Signup at umb.fyi #ComingSoon

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