Joel Small has decided to do something a bit different this year and sponsor #DDDAdelaide as a individual! We loved the enthusiasm and couldn't say no to working with him! Lets all give him a warm welcome and thanks!
David Gardiner
@david.gardiner.net.au
Senior Developer for SixPivot, Organiser for Adelaide .NET User Group and DDD Adelaide conference, Microsoft MVP. Opinions are my own. Blogging at https://david.gardiner.net.au Also at https://mastodon.online/@DavidRGardiner
I've been struggling with mental and physical health issues for the past few years, and one of the things that really helped this year was finding a hobby away from technology where I get to work with my hands. Here's what I've been doing: pottery.valorin.net
Gallery - Pottery by Stephen
Handmade pottery by Stephen — every piece thrown, glazed & fired by hand.
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Early bird prize draw entries for #DDDAdelaide 2026 close next week. If grabbing a ticket has been sitting on your to do list for a while now, this is your personal nudge to sort it out and get in the running for the prize before entries wrap up for the year.
Blogged: Home Assistant How a request for "Can we get a sensor light in the hallway for nighttime bathroom visits" took me down the rabbit hole of home automation and monitoring with Home Assistant david.gardiner.net.au/2026/08/home... #HomeAssistant #Energy #GloBird #Electricity #Gas
Home Assistant
Getting started with Home Assistant, installing and configuring the Home Assistant Community Store, and then installing an integration for GloBird Energy to track electricity (and later gas) usage.
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New release: SqlQueryStress v0.9.8.102! Ready to benchmark your queries? Download the latest build and start testing in minutes: github.com/ErikEJ/SqlQu...
Release 0.9.8.102 · ErikEJ/SqlQueryStress
What's Changed Allow editable parameter data types to prevent plan cache bloat by @ErikEJ with @Copilot in #220 Update querysettings.sql to avoid SET XACT_ABORT OFF issue by @JocaPC in #216 Enable...
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Thanks to @sixpivot.bsky.social for coming on board as a sponsor for #DDDAdelaide 2026! Support for the local community is what keeps this event running and accessible, and we're really glad to have you backing the South Australian tech community again this year.
It's time for Aspire 13.5 🎨💫 Run a fully interactive terminal inside the refreshed dashboard UI and deploy it to a Kubernetes cluster, all from a single TS or C# file! Blog: devblogs.microsoft.com/aspire/whats... Full What's New: aspire.dev/whats-new/as...
What's new in Aspire 13.5 · Aspire
Explore Aspire 13.5, a developer-experience release: interactive terminal sessions, the Interaction Service across C# and TypeScript AppHosts with file uploads and progress dialogs, user-defined reso…
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Blogged: Solar panel problems When you start getting emails from your solar inverter, you know something isn't quite right. david.gardiner.net.au/2026/08/sola... #Solar #Energy
Solar panel problems
When you start getting emails from your solar panels, something strange is going on
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Blogged - Power Posts I've wanted to write some blog posts on a range of topics all related to energy, but have had trouble knowing where to start. Maybe this post will help unblock me david.gardiner.net.au/2026/08/powe... #Energy #Electricity #EV #HomeAssistant #Solar
Power Posts
I want to write some blog posts related to energy and electricity, but am having trouble knowing where to start
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This is on tonight at the West Oak Hotel, Hindley St (near City West Campus). 3 rounds of tech questions and 1 round of non-tech general knowledge (just to keep everyone on their toes), and yes there will be some prizes for the winning table! Love to see you there. #Adelaide #dotnet #QuizNight
Adelaide .NET User Group@adnug.bsky.social · 4w agoWed 12th August - For our next meetup we're having a Quiz Night at the pub! Book your spot at www.meetup.com/adelaide-dot... #Adelaide #dotnet
A big thank you to Fivecast for sponsoring #DDDAdelaide 2026! Our local South Australian sponsors mean so much to us, they're proof the tech scene here is actually investing in itself. Thanks for backing this community again this year, it makes a real difference.
Friendly reminder that the CFP for #DDDAdelaide 2026 is open. You don't need a finished deck or a polished pitch, just a rough idea and the willingness to give it a go. Some of our favourite speakers each year were people who almost didn't submit at all! dddadelaide.com
Early bird tickets for #DDDAdelaide 2026 are still available, and they come with a nice little perk: entry into our early bird prize draw. It's only around for a bit longer though, so grab yours before it wraps up on the 28th of August if you want a shot. dddadelaide.com
The CFP for #DDDAdelaide 2026 is open, and we could not be more excited. This whole event runs on talks submitted by the community and voted in by the community, for the community. So go on, submit the talk you'd actually want to sit in and hear yourself. dddadelaide.com
A few folks on the @aspire.dev team have been putting some polish on the Aspire dashboard this iteration and I just played with it in a build from main and its looking really nice. Not one thing in particular but lots of little refinements.
📣Want to amplify your .NET project? Submit your blogs and videos to the .NET Foundation content repo! We’ll help share your technical brilliance with the community. Go here: hubs.li/Q04rpqhG0 #dotnet #OSS
GitHub - dotnet-foundation/content: Repo for submitting content for social amplification as well as content creation (i.e. blog, website, social)
Repo for submitting content for social amplification as well as content creation (i.e. blog, website, social) - dotnet-foundation/content
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Wed 12th August - For our next meetup we're having a Quiz Night at the pub! Book your spot at www.meetup.com/adelaide-dot... #Adelaide #dotnet
ADNUG Quiz Night, Wed, Aug 12, 2026, 5:45 PM | Meetup
Yes, you read that right - we're having a quiz night! We'll put you into teams to compete for an amazing prize. There will be multiple rounds of questions, some easy and s
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BNE ✈️ ADL SixPivot Summit yesterday was awesome. Today I spent some time with my two favourite nieces. I visited their church and then we went out for a really nice Malaysian lunch. Looking forward to getting home soon.
Just arrived at Mt Coot-Tha, at "The Summit" (appropriately) for our 2026 @sixpivot.bsky.social Summit. Our annual in-person company catchup. #SixPivot #Brisbane
🎺🎺🎺 Big news on two fronts 🎺🎺🎺 #DDDAdelaide 2026 Call for Papers is officially open from now until the 6th of September 🎉 #DDDAdelaide 2026 Early Bird Tickets are now available until the 28th of August 🍾 We look forward to seeing all of your exciting submissions for the CFP! dddadelaide.com
ADL ✈️ BNE Looking forward to catching up with all my @sixpivot.bsky.social colleagues tomorrow
Less than two weeks to go! Don't miss this opportunity to hear from some great speakers, and share a campfire with them afterwards 🏕️ See who's speaking at dddoutback.com
Hello world! #DDDAdelaide is back for 2026! Mark yourself as busy on the 21st of November! Time to start getting Call for Papers opening the 31st of July. And our new Early Bird tickets also open on the 31st of July. In the meantime, we have a slick new website out. Why not check it out?
📣 The DDD Melbourne 2027 CFP is now open! Whether you've spoken before, or if you're an absolute beginner this is your time to shine. ✨ Can't wait to see your proposals flooding in 👉 sessionize.com/ddd-melbourn...
More exciting news: my MVP status for Azure Integration PaaS has been renewed for the 24th year.
Blogged - Multiple .NET SDK versions and PowerShell on macOS with Homebrew david.gardiner.net.au/2026/07/dotn... #dotnet #macOS #PowerShell #Homebrew
Multiple .NET SDK versions and PowerShell on macOS with Homebrew
How to run multiple .NET SDK versions on macOS with Homebrew while keeping PowerShell working, by using alternate casks and adjusting PATH precedence.
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