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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 22/04/2026

We just published another #SitecoreStories video covering the latest release of the #ContentSDK for #SitecoreAI Worth checking out to learn about all the awesome new features! www.youtube.com/watch?v=87rK...

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Sitecore Stories - Content SDK v2

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v @handle.invalid · 17/04/2026

Here is an insane piece of lore inside SQLite's source code I am researching VACUUM and I was studying their code. In VACUUM, SQLite creates a temp file prefixed with `etilqs_` Here is why:

** 2006-10-31: The default prefix used to be "sqlite_". But then
** Mcafee started using SQLite in their anti-virus product and it
** started putting files with the "sqlite" name in the c:/temp folder.
** This annoyed many windows users. Those users would then do a
** Google search for "sqlite", find the telephone numbers of the
** developers and call to wake them up at night and complain.
** For this reason, the default name prefix is changed to be "sqlite"
** spelled backwards. So the temp files are still identified, but
** anybody smart enough to figure out the code is also likely smart
** enough to know that calling the developer will not help get rid
** of the file.
*/
#ifndef SQLITE_TEMP_FILE_PREFIX
# define SQLITE_TEMP_FILE_PREFIX "etilqs_"
#endif

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 02/04/2026

I started a new blog series where I'm going to deep dive into #HarnessEngineering. I've been following this approach for a few projects recently, and it's let me move super quickly! Check the first post below where I discuss some of the key themes, before going deeper in future posts! 🐴 🤖

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An Introduction to Harness Engineering

So for a decent amount of time now I've been on the Vibe Coding bandwagon, like a large portion of the development community. When it works it really can seem like magic, the is the part 'when it work...

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 27/03/2026

This is awesome news 🎉 @nextjs.org is a fantastic framework that I use daily. It has however always been "interesting" when trying to deploy and scale it on platforms other than @vercel.com. The fact that it's going to become much easier is a great step forwards!

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 21/03/2026

Watching From Dusk Till Dawn for tonight’s movie. Haven’t seen this is years, such a good movie tho! #FilmSky 🎥

Vintage style poster for the movie From Dusk Till Dawn

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 04/01/2026

Successfully changed a bulb in one of my break lights before…. So I guess you could say I’m pretty much officially a #CarGuy now

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 30/12/2025

Open up this picture fully. Then look at the surface of Mars. Then look up to the top right. Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky. Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos. That's Earth.

A forlorn landscape of layered rocks in the foreground, with hills fading into the background haze. At upper top right, a small crescent moon, and a bright star.

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Justin Garrison @justingarrison.com · 23/12/2025

May your pagers 📟 stay silent youtu.be/N-mL39sEj5c?...

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'Twas the Dev before Christmas

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 11/12/2025

How productive are the quiet Mondays tho!

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 02/10/2025

We've got another #Sitecore #Marketplace #POC you should check out. Custom Fields are an extension that are now really easy to build! Check out my video below where I walkthrough how we created an Icon Picker custom field based on #MaterialUI.

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Building an Icon Picker Custom Field for Sitecore Marketplace

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 30/09/2025

We recently release the new #Marketplace at #Sitecore, and we want to provide a few #POC modules everyone can start to see what is possible! First up is the #GoogleAnalytics module, this example module shows how you can expose GA data live within the #XMCloud #Pages application.

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Building a Google Analytics Module for Sitecore Marketplace

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 27/09/2025

Yeah, this is another shocking performance from United. Not sure how much longer Amorim can last with results like this?

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 18/09/2025

Have you been seeing all of the buzz around the recently released #Sitecore #Marketplace, but you're not sure how to get started building apps for it? Well, checkout the video we just released walking you through just how easy it is to get going! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LGv...

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Developing for the Sitecore Marketplace

YouTube video by Discover Sitecore

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 15/09/2025

The Sitecore DevEx Survey 2025 is live! 🚀 Your voice matters — help shape the future of the developer experience. Takes just 10 mins 👉 forms.office.com/e/xt2d7u9j3V #Sitecore #DevEx #DeveloperExperience

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 04/09/2025

Never got around to playing the #Cyberpunk2077 DLC when it came out, so figure I might do a plaything of the base game first…… man it’s fun to be back in Night City!

Cover for the game Cyberpunk 2077 showing a futuristic character on a yellow background

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 02/09/2025

Have you heard of #SmartBriefing in #Sitecore #ContentHub? Check out the latest #SitecoreStories below where I catch up with Nathan Schollaerts to learn all about it! youtu.be/0LGwMggKrps

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Sitecore Stories - Smart Briefing

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 13/08/2025

So it looks we might actually get an #FM26! There goes a good chunk of my spare time again! 🤣 www.youtube.com/watch?v=faFw... #FootballManager

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Football Manager 26 | GUESS WHO'S BACK | #FM26

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 12/08/2025

Not sure how I feel about this one... #GitHub have built some amazing tools.... hopefully #MS don't mess this up 😬 arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

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GitHub will be folded into Microsoft proper as CEO steps down

Microsoft bought GitHub for $7.5 billion in 2018.

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 05/08/2025

Well, it looks like it's time for another #SitecoreStories! This week I catch up with Evangelos Kourtidis, you may have seen him on an earlier video, but this time we're talking all about #Brainstorming & #BrandKit #APIs in #Sitecore #Stream. Checkout the video below...

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Sitecore Stories - Brainstorming & Brand Kit APIs

YouTube video by Discover Sitecore

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 27/07/2025

Finally, after a lot of trying, made it to #Aquillo. Building a space platform capable of getting me there was super fun! #Factorio

A picture from the game Factorio of an engineer stood on a frozen planet.

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 22/07/2025

Have you seen the new Layers feature in #Sitecore #XMCloud #Pages? It's an awesome new way for you to visualise and interact with the components and data you have on your sites! Check out the latest #SitecoreStories video below, where I catch up with Caroline Couri and she shows us it in action.

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Sitecore Stories - Pages Layers

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 12/07/2025

Bit of long read, but super interesting. We’ve come a long way since Dolly! 😳

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 10/07/2025

Tonights movie is #ReservoirDogs in honour of #MichaelMadsen passing away recently. Great cast, great acting, amazing soundtrack, stone cold classic! #Filmsky 🎥

The cover to the movie Reservoir Dogs, showing 6 men in suits walking on a white background.

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 25/06/2025

New albums by both #Pulp and #Garbage in the past month.... I mean, I'm not complaining but what year is this again? 🤣

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 24/06/2025

We just released another great #SitecoreStories video, where I caught up with Paul Trundle. He showed us just how easy it now to leverage your #Sitecore #ContentHub assets inside #Sitecore #Personalize. Check out the video below and keep an eye out for future videos! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ouz...

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Sitecore Stories - Using Content Hub assets in Personalize

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 22/06/2025

Rustled up some #SmashBurgers on the #Blackstone for tea tonight. Starting to feel like I’m getting the hang of it now, it’s a fun thing to #BBQ on!

Smashburgers cooking on a Blackstone griddle

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 21/06/2025

Really enjoyed #Sinners, great movie. Bit of a throw back to #DuskTillDawn, but in a good way. Great cast, great acting, Ryan Coogler sure does know how to put a film together! #FilmSky 🎥

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 13/06/2025

Yeah exactly, ripping off the little people is easy, but once you get Disney's attention that's a whole other ballgame!

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 10/06/2025

Time for another #SitecoreStories, this time I catch up with Derek Fahey and he shows us the new Code Assistant that was just released for #Sitecore #CDP and #Personalize. Check out the video below!

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Sitecore Stories - Code Assistant in CDP & Personalize

YouTube video by Discover Sitecore

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 08/06/2025

If anyone runs into issues trying to set ENV VARS when running #n8n in a #proxmox #LXC, then hopefully this post will save you burning the hours I did trying to figure it out 😂 robearlam.com/blog/how-to-...

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How to set environment variables for n8n running in Proxmox- Rob Earlam

Rob Earlam - Developer advocate, Software Developer, Movie Lover, Music Listener, Pizza Eater, Meat Smoker

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 08/06/2025

Ahhhh, added it to the list 👍

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 07/06/2025

Tonight’s #JVCD movie of choice is #Bloodsport, man he looks so young in this, great movie tho, a late 80s classic! #FilmSky

Cover for the Movie Bloodsport, showing Jean-Claude van Damme flying through the air kicking his opponent in the chest

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 07/06/2025

You mean double team?

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 30/05/2025

Already downloaded all 3 🤣

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 30/05/2025

Mate, Raul Julia carried that movie! 🤣

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 30/05/2025

Watching #HardTarget for the first time in what must be close to 30yrs. I love how early #90s movies can somehow be both awful and amazing at the same time! 🤣 Forgot how much I loved #JVCD movies when I was young tho, defo need to revisit some more Any suggestions?

Cover of the VHS movie Hard Target, showing Jean-Claude Van Damme

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 29/05/2025

This week we released a new version of the #ASPNetCore #SDK for #Sitecore #XMCloud. This introduced support for MetaData editing. I'm really happy this was released as it's a big #QoL improvement for devs who are building with the SDK. Read all about what it is and how you can leverage it here.

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ASP.NET Core SDK now supports MetaData Editing mode in XM Cloud- Rob Earlam

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 27/05/2025

It's time for another #SitecoreStories video.... this time I catch up with Vignesh Vishwanath where he talks about how #SitecoreStream has been integrated with #XM & #XP our Platform DXP product. Checkout the video below and keep an eye out for future videos! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC9K...

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Sitecore Stories - Stream in Platform DXP

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 23/05/2025

Great movie, highly recommended!

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 22/05/2025

C# Scripting? Yes please! ❤️

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 21/05/2025

Well done to Spurs, but my God this has to be the most toothless United team in my lifetime, couldn’t buy a goal

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 21/05/2025

Scrappy first half in the final, scrappy goal for Spurs as well. Feels like there’s more goals in this yet tho, long way to go yet!

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Rob Earlam @robearlam.com · 14/05/2025

💯 loved the final episode which was primarily “big man hitting even bigger man”. It’s sounds like I’m putting the show down, but I genuinely really enjoyed it! 🤣

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