Blogged: Troubleshooting GitHub Package NuGet feeds with GitHub Make sure you configure the actions/setup-dotnet action correctly to set up the right .NET SDK and authenticate to a GitHub Packages NuGet feed. david.gardiner.net.au/2026/09/acti... #dotnet #GitHubActions #NuGet

U-matic. The 70s video tape format you’ve never heard of. Cheers to @flemishdog.bsky.social

Blogged: SA Power Networks meter data david.gardiner.net.au/2026/09/sapo... I built a .NET tool to download our electricity data, and then used that to create a Home Assistant integration for doing the same. #dotnet #energy #homeassistant #southaustralia

SA Power Networks meter data

A .NET tool and Home Assistant integration for downloading SA Power Networks electricity meter data and importing historical readings.

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Voting for #DDDAdelaide 2026 talks closes next week. If you haven't picked your favourites yet, now's a great time to get in there and have your say. The talks with the most votes get first pick of the agenda spots, so every single vote really counts. dddadelaide.com/voting

Big thanks to Encode Talent for sponsoring #DDDAdelaide 2026 as a Gold Sponsor! Support like this is what makes this event possible year on year, and we're truly grateful to have a sponsor who understands what this community is trying to build together.

It's time! It's been a fascinating year in tech. There's a lot to talk about. Submit your talks now! dddbrisbane.com

Voting for #DDDAdelaide 2026 talks closes in two weeks. If you haven't had a chance to look through the submissions yet, it's worth setting aside a few minutes to do it soon. Your vote really does help shape which talks make it onto this year's agenda. dddadelaide.com/voting

Just got reminded of a bug I apparently helped fix in Firefox 20 years ago! I'd forgotten all about it - from the looks of it this was a regression from a feature I'd contributed to improve copy/paste format support. bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi... #Mozilla #Firefox

Finished my second day volunteering at the Red Dove Cafe at the Royal Adelaide Show. Yesterday I was on sandwiches, today I was on the servery doing hot meals. Fun and worthwhile, sprinkled with the odd bit of pressure when a few orders all came in at once. #TheShow #Adelaide #AdelaideShow

#DDDAdelaide 2026 just wouldn't feel the same without Octopus Deploy backing us as a Gold Sponsor again this year. Their ongoing support gives us the room to focus on putting on a great event rather than worrying about the budget. Thank you for believing in us.

does anyone using Verify need help moving to inline snapshots? i am happy PR to OSS github.com/VerifyTests/...

Verify/docs/inline-snapshots.md at main · VerifyTests/Verify

Verify is a snapshot testing tool that simplifies the assertion of complex data models and documents. - VerifyTests/Verify

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Excited to welcome SA Power Networks on board as a brand new sponsor for #DDDAdelaide 2026! It's always great seeing a new business get behind this community, and having the team along for the very first time this year is going to be a fun one to watch unfold.

When your son and daughter in-law drop in on their way to church with a lovely surprise🙂 And yes, my son knows me well, that is a drawing of an Iced VoVo biscuit❤️ #FathersDay

Time is genuinely running out, the CFP for #DDDAdelaide 2026 closes tomorrow. If you've got a talk idea sitting there unsubmitted, this is your last real chance to send it through, because after tomorrow the window is closed and that's it for another year. dddadelaide.com/call-for-pre...

Encode Talent is back as a Gold Sponsor for #DDDAdelaide 2026, thank you for coming back! Helping us bring the South Australian tech community together again this year means a lot, and it's great to have a sponsor who keeps showing up for us like this.

Weekend plans? Submit to #DDDAdelaide CFP before they close this Sunday! We are always blown away by the amazing submissions, and this is your chance to be one of them. Submission is what makes the event tick! dddadelaide.com/call-for-pre...

Sunday is the CFP deadline for #DDDAdelaide 2026. If you're on the fence about whether your talk idea is good enough, that's exactly what the community vote is for, so let people decide for themselves. Submit it and give your idea a fair shot at the agenda.

Blogged: Evnex E2 Plus EV Charger The EV charger we got, and how to manage it and monitor it with the Home Assistant integration. david.gardiner.net.au/2026/08/evnex #Energy #EV #ElectricVehicle #Evnex #EVCharger #HomeAssistant

A big thank you to @intopia.bsky.social for coming back as our Major Prize Sponsor for #DDDAdelaide 2026! Their focus on accessibility and inclusion lines up beautifully with what we care about as a community, and we're grateful for the support behind it.

Blogged: Replacing our solar panels david.gardiner.net.au/2026/08/new-... #Energy #Solar #HomeAssistant

Replacing those panels

Is it possible to improve the efficiency of our home solar panels without losing our feed-in tariff?

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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!

Verify now supports inline snapshots github.com/VerifyTests/...

Blogged: We got an EV! david.gardiner.net.au/2026/08/kia-... #Energy #EV #ElectricVehicles

An electric vehicle

We bought a new car. A Kia EV5 in fact. Why did we pick that one, and how is it going?

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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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Beautiful afternoon at Milang today #Milang #SouthAustralia

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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