UMB.FYI 2024-05-08

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Skrift issue #105

Featuring guest posts by Richard Jackson on "DocTales: Collaborative documentation for Umbraco and Astro JS" and Nurhak Kaya on "Integrating Cloudflare CDN with Umbraco Websites - Part 2: Cloudflare's Key Features and Full-Page Caching"

[ @Skrift ]

Candid Contribs talks Mastodon: Some corrections and notes

Joe Glombek discusses the impact of Twitter's userbase disbanding on online communities, particularly the Umbraco Community's move to platforms like LinkedIn, Discord, and Mastodon. He emphasizes the open and discoverable nature of Mastodon, encouraging users to give it a try. He also provides suggested follows for various topics on Mastodon.

[ @Joe Glombek ]

The Challenge of Versioning Expandable API's in Umbraco

Umbraco v12 has introduced headless core products with expansion functionality, allowing selective expansion of nested entity reference objects. However, versioning REST APIs becomes problematic when expansion is taken into account, and Matt Brailsford suggests a date-based versioning strategy.

[ @Matt Brailsford ]

Configuring a Suggester with ExamineX and Azure AI Search

Shannon Thompson discusses integrating Azure AI Search suggester API with ExamineX, emphasizing the straightforward process and necessary configurations for fields and suggester creation. He also highlights using the Suggester API and potential considerations for index configuration.

Watch & Listen

CandidContrib: Toots, Tweets and Time Management

Elon Musk's 18-month tenure at Twitter has fundamentally altered the platform, sparking nostalgia for its old days. We explore Fediverse alternatives' potential to fill the void. Additionally, we delve into diverse time management strategies, ranging from handwritten lists to digital tools, and ponder the motivations behind open-source contributions.

[ @Candid Contributions ] [ #podcasts ]