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@lance.boston

Lance McCarthy 👉 Microsoft MVP (.NET) 👉 Senior Manager @ Progress Software (DevTools, Sitefinity, Security, AI) 👉 Home Assistant & homelab fun

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Thank you to @microsoftmvp.bsky.social for 2026-2027, can't believe it's been 14 consecutive years! Also, thank you to everyone who supports my community work... it's really a team effort from every side that makes it possible. I'm looking forward to the next year of #WinUI and #dotnet

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Native support for containers is now available in WSL with `wslc` drop in for docker. 1. Update WSL `wsl --update --pre-release` 2. Run Hello World `wslc run --rm -it ubuntu:latest bash -c "echo Hello world from WSL container!"`

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Pretty cool app from Joe, draw the icon that you can't remember the name/enum and it will find the closest match(es). github.com/TheJoeFin/Wi...

github.comGitHub - TheJoeFin/Win-Icon-Finder: A WinUI 3 desktop application for browsing, sketching, and exporting the full Fluent System Icons library (~1,600 icons). Find the right icon by name or by drawing ...A WinUI 3 desktop application for browsing, sketching, and exporting the full Fluent System Icons library (~1,600 icons). Find the right icon by name or by drawing it freehand or navigating a simil...
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I replaced NPM with Pangolin, its amazing (and uses Traefik behind the scenes)

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Unpopular take: Traefik is better than Nginx Proxy Manager for production. NPM has a nicer UI, sure. But Traefik auto-discovers containers, handles Let's Encrypt renewals, and never needs you to click through a web form. UI simplicity vs operational simplicity — different things entirely. #sel...

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Do you use Hugo or similar static site generator? I just figured out how to replace the twitter-shortcode with a custom bluesky-shortcode template. This was perfect for my blog posts because I needed to update all Twitter embeds to Bluesky embeds. Enjoy! github.com/LanceMcCarth...

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Really Samsung? Why no $1000 trade in for my current Fold 7? Nope, I'll wait until the #trifold is out of early access, so I don't create more-waste.

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I'm loving #HomeAssistant new energy tracking features. My place in Costa Rica is killing it with "100% Self-sufficiency" and "100% Self-consumed solar energy".

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I discovered Pangolin this week and it is a godsend. I bought a supporter key within an hour of implementing it. It instantly replaced my nginxproxymanager and site-to-site ipsec (and 3 other things). My homelab life significantly easier :) If you selfhost, check it out github.com/fosrl/pangolin

github.comGitHub - fosrl/pangolin: Identity-aware VPN and proxy for remote access to anything, anywhere.Identity-aware VPN and proxy for remote access to anything, anywhere. - fosrl/pangolin
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This "one small trick"... got my uplink speed to double :) The trick? Instead of Cat6 to DOCSIS modem, I used an SFP+ to Ethernet module... this gets the full 2.5 Gbps out of the Cat6 Though my ISP can only bring 1.5 GBs, I'm still getting 2x what I was before the module.

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To my Euro friends, I'm planning a London trip in a few months (in August for my birthday). We are trying to pick hotel, but everything looks extra touristy. What would you recommend for 4 or 5 star hotels and what area should be our base?

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It's amazing that I have a huge air conditioner blowing, and a bunch of other stuff in house... But there's still a surplus of energy generation that is charging the battery. #solarpower