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Been building a new connection and actions for Umbraco.Automate and dev.to Push content with more control than RSS imports. Beta version now on nuget. #umbraco

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Owain @owain.codes · 23h

Umbraco Package Update: OC.MultiHotSpot is now available on Umbraco 17 AND Umbraco 18, it also has a fix (thanks Jordan Smith for the PR) which allows it to work on Block Grid / Block List now too! Always nice to find out that a package you released is actually getting used by others. #umbraco

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Umbraco UK Foundation @umbraco.foundation · 29/09/2026

🚨 This is your LAST CHANCE to secure your #Umbraco UK Conference tickets! 25 expert speakers from @umbraco.com and the community - this is not one you'll want to miss. Ticket sales end TOMORROW... #umbuk26 2026.umbracofoundation.co.uk

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Owain @owain.codes · 29/09/2026

Just in time for Christmas! The Umbraco Community Store has had a bit of a facelift. umbracocommunity.store and there are new Chistmas Jumper designs now online! umbracocommunity.store/collection/c... #umbraco

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Owain @owain.codes · 28/09/2026

Cheers. Was a fun wee project. Still tinkering with it but not much more I can add 🙂 only so much you can do with a wattage.

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Owain @owain.codes · 28/09/2026

New blog post published on my site : AI as a learning tool Stop copy, paste, ship with AI. Learn to question Claude's code, understand the why, and actually level up as a developer, not just faster. owain.codes/blog/2026/se... #ai #claude

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AI as a learning tool

Published on Sep 28, 2026

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Owain @owain.codes · 27/09/2026

My coffee machine still writes my blog, but the Pi now runs .NET. Why I rewrote it, what a month of data taught me, and the afternoon I lost to two keys. owain.codes/blog/2026/se... #umbraco #rasperberrypi #dotnet

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The coffee log, rebuilt in .NET

Published on Sep 27, 2026

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Owain @owain.codes · 26/09/2026

It's a strange time for sure. Maybe I need to ask AI was the answer is. 😆 I think it's the speed that it's happened. Its not just a dev tool, everyone uses it for everything, kinda amazing and scary at the same time

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Owain @owain.codes · 25/09/2026

New blog post published on my site : Time to reset Doom scrolling, AI coding and a suspected ADHD brain chasing quick wins. Why I've lost the joy of coding and social media, and how I plan to reset. #personal owain.codes/blog/2026/september/tim…

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Owain @owain.codes · 23/09/2026

Today I'm talking at the Umbraco India meetup about Umbraco Automate. Looking forward to it. #umbraco

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Owain @owain.codes · 20/09/2026

Great blog and agree with it all. I use Claude every day but also feel I need to keep check in my use. I still love coding but the speed and efficiency with agentic coding is hard to put down

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Owain @owain.codes · 17/09/2026

Lego Claude for my desk. #lego #claude

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Owain @owain.codes · 14/09/2026

It's arrived!! Looking forward to this. @aaron@synaptyx.com

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Owain @owain.codes · 07/09/2026

I've not seen the film - Project Hail Mary, but I am reading the book just now and really enjoying it. I'll watch the film afterwards.

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Owain @owain.codes · 05/09/2026

umbPublisher - a plugin for Obsidian that lets you push your notes to Umbraco has been updated. Version 1.5.3 is now available. Fixes a bug where images within notes weren't pushed to the media section of Umbraco. community.obsidian.md/plugins/umbp... #umbraco #obsidian

community.obsidian.md

umbPublisher

Published notes to Umbraco CMS 15+

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Owain @owain.codes · 04/09/2026

If anyone uses my Umbraco automate packages for social sharing, they will soon be migrating to the Umbraco.Community.Automate repo. Keep an eye out for future announcements but the first to move will be the mastodon package. #Umbraco

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Owain @owain.codes · 03/09/2026

New blog post published on my site : Initials.Autolink Add a keyword, and every old article that mentions it links itself. Initials.AutoLink for Umbraco 17+, and the first open source package from Initials Labs. #Umbraco #Autolink owain.codes/blog/2026/september/ini…

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Owain @owain.codes · 31/08/2026

Did an alpha release of a new Umbraco package today. Then did some more testing and I've some more work to do. 😂

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Owain @owain.codes · 27/08/2026

It's really encouraging to see people enjoying my Umbraco Automate talks and then going on to create triggers and actions of their own. I'll be speaking at Odense meetup and India meetups next month. #umbraco

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Owain @owain.codes · 26/08/2026

Got my Raspberry Pi 3 running a .net application this evening. Pretty neat. My WiFi enabled plug is now communicating with my RPi in a language I understand. 🙂 #raspberrypi #dotnet

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Owain @owain.codes · 19/08/2026

Original post: umbracocommunity.social/@LiamGoldfin...

Blog post on @umbraco Automate after the Umbraco Kent Meetup - thanks for the demo @owaincodes

https://www.goldfinch.me/blog/umbraco-automate-developer-automation-or-marketing-automation

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Owain @owain.codes · 12/08/2026

I miss the days where we all hung out on the one platform. It's a real chore now trying to catch up with everything in all the places. 😞 One of the reasons why I'm hardly on socials now. I do miss it. Anyone else?

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Justin Neville @justin.jneville.co.uk · 05/08/2026

If you're interested in hearing more about @umbraco.com Automate, then join us at the next Umbraco Kent Meetup where @owain.codes will be walking through building workflows inside the Umbraco 17 backoffice. Sign-up here! www.meetup.com/umbraco-kent... #umbraco #kent #meetup

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Umbraco Kent Meetup - Hybrid - Monday 17th August 2026 @ 7pm, Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 7:00 PM | Meetup

Please join us for an evening of all things Umbraco - the latest news, community chat, and a talk or two! For 2026, we will be running both in-person and hybrid virtual me

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Owain @owain.codes · 05/08/2026

Coming to an Umbraco meetup soon. Shame these aren't in-person but will still be great to see all the umbracians from around the world. #umbraco

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Owain @owain.codes · 05/08/2026

Oops. Got a new router over the weekend which means my raspberry pi isn't on the network and my WiFi plugs are all offline. Just remembered! Will need to fix that. 🤣

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Jason Prothero @protherj.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

What if publishing in Umbraco could automatically push the right content to LinkedIn, Bluesky, and Mastodon? Join us Aug. 18 for a practical dive into custom Triggers, Actions, and workflows in Umbraco Automate with MVP @owain.codes 1pm ET www.meetup.com/umbraco-us-m... #umbraco #automation #cms

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Diving into Umbraco Automate , Tue, Aug 18, 2026, 1:00 PM | Meetup

Come join us as we dive deeper into **Umbraco Automate**. Owain Williams (Umbraco MVP and Senior .NET Developer at Initials Labs) will dive into Umbraco.Automate and show

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Owain @owain.codes · 04/08/2026

Finished watching Yellowstone last night. So disappointed. So many unanswered questions. #yellowstone

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https://media2.giphy.com/media/QBqAiQdAYM2nr1ufFg/200.gif

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Owain @owain.codes · 02/08/2026

Thinking about buying a drawing tablet. Thinking about either a #xppen or #huion but really can't decide. Budget of around £200-£300 : any recommendations? #drawing

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Owain @owain.codes · 27/07/2026

New blog post published on my site : A reusable deploy pipeline for Umbraco Cloud Create a reusable deploy pipeline for Umbraco Cloud #umbraco #umbracocloud #github #ci/cd owain.codes/blog/2026/july/a-reusab…

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Owain @owain.codes · 27/07/2026

Back from holiday and straight back to it. Working on streamlining deployments to #umbraco cloud

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Owain @owain.codes · 23/07/2026

Just caught a massive horsefly. Wow they are big beasties!

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Umbraco @umbraco.com · 23/07/2026

A high-severity security vulnerability affecting form submissions has been discovered in Umbraco Forms v13, 17, and 18. Patches & fix details release July 28, 2026 @ 08:00 UTC. More details: umbra.co/3RQ9XE8 #umbraco

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Owain @owain.codes · 23/07/2026

So neither of my talks for @umbraco.foundation were selected but now I have a talk to give at meetups 👍 And I still get to attend the conference so a win win. I'll be doing my automate talk at a couple meetups soon. #umbraco sessionize.com/owainwilliams

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Owain Williams's Speaker Profile @ Sessionize

Owain has been working with Umbraco since 2018 and is a well known face in the community. He co-organises Umbraco Scotland User Group and .Net Edin...

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Owain @owain.codes · 22/07/2026

Booked a venue, got a speaker and looking forward to .net Edinburgh next month. Still a few chairs available if you want to come along. Checkout this Meetup with .NET Edinburgh: meetu.ps/e/Q8Cbs/w6R0... #dotnet #meetup

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.Net Edinburgh August Event, Wed, Aug 5, 2026, 6:30 PM | Meetup

Come and join us for an evening talking about all things .NET We will be located in Limitless offices on 15 Alva Street. EH2 4PH They are kindly offering light refreshment

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Owain @owain.codes · 22/07/2026

Playing with some phone tutorials cause, why not. 😂 Self portrait - the thinker. #selfportrait

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Owain @owain.codes · 22/07/2026

Have you made a contribution to a .Net open source project, example Umbraco? Remember your 1st contribution? Encountered barriers that have stopped you from contributing? Contributions don't have to be code either, updating docs, setting up a new meetup, anything. I would love to chat #opensource

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Owain @owain.codes · 22/07/2026

Good coffee. Good tunes. Enjoying my time in the Lake District.

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Obsidian @obsidian.md · 21/07/2026

Obsidian 1.13.3 (early access) is now available to Catalyst members for desktop and mobile with more improvements to image zoom.

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UMB.FYI @umb.fyi · 22/07/2026

📰 UMB.FYI 2026-07-22: AEO for Umbraco, When Umbraco Outlives its EOL, Custom Umbraco Automate Actions and much more ... #umbraco #umbfyi

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UMB.FYI 2026-07-22

AEO for Umbraco, When Umbraco Outlives its EOL, Custom Umbraco Automate Actions and much more ...

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Owain @owain.codes · 22/07/2026

I wonder if it would be possible to put a real mic inside this Lego version. 😂 #lego building while on holiday

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Owain @owain.codes · 21/07/2026

Stumbled upon something in my memory today. Who remembers IRC chat rooms? They were my first real time chat experience. I was hooked instantly. #irc

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Owain @owain.codes · 21/07/2026

Hey, hello. It's me. On holiday and playing with some design ideas, without AI. Getting back to loading up a graphics package and playing with colours, fonts and all that fun stuff. I'm not a designer. But this was fun.

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Owain @owain.codes · 17/07/2026

New blog post published on my site : Build a custom Umbraco Automate action Creating a custom action in Umbraco Automate to pull tags from a blog and display them as hashtags in social connections. #Umbraco #Automate owain.codes/blog/2026/july/build-a-…

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Owain @owain.codes · 16/07/2026

Something a bit different for your coffee break : owain.codes/blog/2026/ju...

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Not everything is about code

Published on Jul 16, 2026

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Owain @owain.codes · 16/07/2026

Busy night - version 2 of my Umbraco.Automate packages have been released. Changing the config pattern and a few improvements. Bluesky, Mastodon and LinkedIn packages all updated. #umbraco

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Owain @owain.codes · 09/07/2026

A blog about AI, junior developers and keeping communities diverse while looking after your mental health. owain.codes/blog/2026/ju... #mentalhealth

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Are you okay

Published on Jul 09, 2026

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