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

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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.

29.01.2026 15:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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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".

28.01.2026 22:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Shoot me an email. Lance at dvlup.com

25.01.2026 20:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I ended up getting reassigned to help the Qualcomm and Google team. Good to see @vinnydasilva.bsky.social again, too.

25.01.2026 19:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Im an independent judge at #MIT #realityhack 2016 hackathon today.

Bonus, I bumped into @jbmcculloch.bsky.social here.

25.01.2026 15:33 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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GitHub - 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

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

23.01.2026 14:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Doge improperly shared sensitive social security data, DoJ court filing reveals Trump administration acknowledges that Elon Musk’s cost-cutting operation accessed Americans’ sensitive data

I knew this from day one www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

i would also recommend looking for all the back doors HeWhoMustNotBeNamed had them integrate into every system to datamine.

21.01.2026 20:24 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a man in a red robe is sitting on a bed with his arms in the air and says aww yeah . ALT: a man in a red robe is sitting on a bed with his arms in the air and says aww yeah .
21.01.2026 15:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Finally getting back to Bluesky after many months of being head-down on a project. How's the community going?

21.01.2026 14:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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It's that time of year again! @realityhackatmit.com, my fav hackathon 💻⚡☕🥽

I'll be judging again, my 3rd (or 4th? time), and every... single... time is🔥

Want to play? Apps are open until midnight tonight (Dec23 11:59 EST) realityhack.world/apply

#HackToTheFuture #DreamMachines

23.12.2025 19:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Windows 10 Extended Security Updates | Microsoft Windows Use Windows 10 securely with the Extended Security Updates program. See how it helps protect your PC and find out how to get it.

Still using Windows 10? The extended security updates (ESU) program is here, see www.microsoft.com/en-us/window... for details on how to activate it.

03.12.2025 15:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This is so annoying. The latest Microsoft Edge updates now permanently keep this stupid "manage extensions" button in the toolbar

16.11.2025 22:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Just created my custom GitHub Universe wallpaper using Octocanvas from #GitHubUniverse 🎨

28.10.2025 18:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ESPHome 2025.10.0 - 15th October 2025 Changelog for ESPHome 2025.10.0.

Congrats to the #ESPHome team for today's huge update esphome.io/changelog/20...!

I'm installing to Home Assistant right now 🛠️

15.10.2025 14:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks to @jesseliberty.com for having me on the show today, it was a blast.

12.09.2025 16:21 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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LOL @jcsalterego.bsky.social did they target me with this example or did they blast you to the entire world?

09.09.2025 19:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Visual Studio 2026 Insiders - Faster, smarter IDE Try Visual Studio 2026 Insiders with Copilot AI deeply integrated, faster performance across C# and C++, and a refreshed, modern UI.

ICYMI - VS 2026 is now available on the Insiders track visualstudio.microsoft.com/insiders/

I've been using it for a few months now, and let me tell you... it's🔥 #dotnet #visualstudio

09.09.2025 19:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Malicious versions of Nx and some supporting plugins were published ## Summary Malicious versions of the [`nx` package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/nx), as well as some supporting plugin packages, were published to npm, containing code that scans the file syst...

🫨 github.com/nrwl/nx/secu...

28.08.2025 12:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Europol-coordinated global operation takes down pro-Russian cybercrime network A coordinated international operation has hit the infrastructure of a pro-Russian cybercrime network linked to a string of denial of service attacks targeting Ukraine and its allies, the European Unio...

Nice job!

Europol-coordinated global operation takes down pro-Russian cybercrime network

ground.news/article/oper...

17.07.2025 15:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yeah, you're supposed to remove the disks the 5 and 10 year disks represent 😊

15.07.2025 14:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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I've run out of space. Does this mean I'm officially an OG now?

#MVPBuzz

15.07.2025 13:18 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

I learned this lesson with Insteon maybe 8 or 9 years ago... i vowed never again. At first, I built my own services (dotnet, REST, UWP, etc), then discovered early Home Assistant and fell in love immediately.

10.07.2025 20:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Thank you @microsoftmvp.bsky.social I am again extremely humbled and honored.

While this is my 12th consecutive year, I never treat it with any less importance, my heart is pounding right now. #MVPBuzz #dotnet #windowsdev

10.07.2025 15:27 👍 18 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I hope he can get Audible participation, too.

01.07.2025 09:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Aviation There are a lot of assumptions one could make when designing data types and schemas for aviation data that turn out to be inaccurate. In the spirit of Patrick McKenzie’s classic piece on names, here a...

Excellent blog post from the devs at Flight Aware

flightaware.engineering/falsehoods-p...

01.07.2025 09:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I enjoyed this series, didnt know it was over. That's a bummer.

01.07.2025 08:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Screenshot of UniFi Network portal of network devices using 10 GbE and 2.5 GbE connection speeds.

Screenshot of UniFi Network portal of network devices using 10 GbE and 2.5 GbE connection speeds.

I'm not going to need an update for a while... or ever again :D

#UniFi #Ubiquiti #Homelab

30.06.2025 14:32 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Way to go Microsoft Partner Center!

25.06.2025 15:03 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition Meta Quest meets Xbox in this exclusive limited edition bundle allowing you to stream and play hundreds of Xbox titles on a 26-foot virtual screen only with Meta Quest 3S

Oh hello there! www.meta.com/quest/quest-...

24.06.2025 14:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Wow that is a lot of time, what's the host device? Email me if you want to chat further.

I have ~6 years of stuff in my HA journey... but I do a bi-yearly review for stuff that is not used anymore and I have consolidated/transferred to more efficient types (e.g. remote API to Matter).

23.06.2025 21:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0