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Fully Automating Umbraco v17 Backoffice with AI + Umbraco MCP

by Bishal Tim

With Umbraco MCP, we can use AI to automate the repetitive and boring tasks in Umbraco Development. Bishal showing us how to do so to remove hours of tedium in a consistent and clean way!

Setting Up Umbraco With Umbraco Commerce

by Shelly Chauhan

Looking to add Umbraco Commerce to your website, and wanting to know where to start? Shelly is here for you, taking us step-by-step through setting up and configuring a basic e-commerce site with this quick, easy to follow guide!

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Around the Web

A curated collection of Umbraco and industry related tools, tips, tricks, and tutorials from around the web.

Umbraco.Community.CSPManager 3.0.0

credit: Matthew Wise

CSP Manager is one of our favorite packages, and for good reason. Managing your content security policies can often be a hefty pain, and there's nothing that makes it easier than this package. We're so happy that Matt has released this for v17 and it's ready to use on the latest LTS version of Umbraco!

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If Burnout is an Injury, Passion is the Sport

credit: Janae Cram

From Janae herself: Through the Christmas season, I really found myself reflecting on my burnout over the last year, how it's influenced my personal life and my work. I love being passionate about things - Umbraco, creating art, writing, and many other endeavors that take mental energy. But every passion has a cost that can lead to burnout. I wrote a post about it, reflecting on my experiences and what I think we can do about it.

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Introducing the Umbraco Sustainability Agent Profile for AI Tools

credit: Umbraco

It's always been an important goal of Umbraco's to be sustainable, and for those of us keeping up to date with current AI trends, it's pretty clear that AI is often anything but. This post will give you access to a handy agents.md file for developing in Umbraco to help you reduce emissions, save costs, and support one of our passions - sustainable web development!

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The Bot That Shouldn’t Have Taken Down My Umbraco Site, and the WAF Rule That Fixed It

credit: Jason Elkins

If you've ever had form submissions - especially in the form of (heh heh) a bot attack - take your site down, then Jason's article should resonate with you. He shares a recent experience of a bot attack on Umbraco Forms that took down his site, and the handy WAF rule he implemented that fixed it.

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Clean Start Kit v7 is out now for Umbraco 17

credit: Paul Seal

We have a lot to catch up on from December, and Clean Start Kit being available for Umbraco 17 is high on the list. If you are new to Umbraco or an old hat, Paul's awesome package can freshen you up with v17 features and keep you up to date. Nice, simple, clean!

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