Issue N^o 129

Owain gets honest about the silence around men and mental health in tech, and what that silence costs when you're working remote and nobody's around to notice you've gone quiet. We love how he discusses community as an actual safety net, not a slogan, and why keeping that community wide and diverse makes it stronger for everyone. Sit with this one, then go check on someone!

Thien Tu has just shipped a lightweight read-and-trigger monitor for Umbraco's recurring background jobs! It's a simple, practical fix for something that's usually invisible until it breaks. If you're on Umbraco 16 through 18 and running background jobs then this gives you visibility and control of some of those things that are under the hood.

Dave's packing his bags and leaving the laptop behind this year, but that doesn't mean the Umbraco brain switches off. From finally clearing his backlog of bookmarked blog posts to just letting his mind wander by the pool, he's got ten ways to stay inspired without writing a single line of code. Turn it into your own checklist for a relaxing upcoming summer break!

Alan walks through connecting Claude to an Umbraco site using the new MCP server - as someone who isn't a developer! - from setting up the config file to creating an API user in the back office. If you've been curious about AI content workflows but assumed the setup wasn't worth it, then Alan's experience may just convince you otherwise!

Tired of guessing where _ArticleCard actually lives? Søren's Go To Partial - a small VS Code extension - adds real Go to Definition support (plus live warnings for broken references) for Razor partial view references. It's exactly the kind of small tool that quietly removes friction from your day once it's installed!