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48 posts on Xperience by Kentico, .NET, AI tooling, and building things with code.

umbraco-automate-developer-automation-or-marketing-automation.md 6 min
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18 Aug 2026

Umbraco Automate: Developer Automation or Marketing Automation?

Umbraco Automate is pitched at marketing teams, but it's developer tooling, and that's fine. What would have to change, from someone who's watched Kentico do it.

#Umbraco #Open source #.NET
right-sizing-rag-ai-answers-on-my-kentico-site.md 7 min
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04 Aug 2026

Right-sizing RAG: AI answers on my Kentico site, no vector database

You probably don't need a vector database for AI Q&A on a small site - here's the right-sized RAG behind my Kentico "Ask" button.

#Kentico #AI tooling #.NET
kentico-management-mcp-server-ai-that-builds-inside-your-cms.md 7 min
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16 Jul 2026

Kentico's Management MCP server: AI that builds inside your CMS, and keeps every change reviewable

How I built four brand sites through Xperience by Kentico's Management MCP server — and why reviewability, not speed, is what really matters.

#Kentico #AI tooling #.NET
how-ai-changed-the-shape-of-delivery-on-a-real-kentico-project.md 6 min
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21 May 2026

How AI Changed the Shape of Delivery on a Real Kentico Project

A real‑world case study exploring how AI‑assisted workflows changed decision‑making, reduced uncertainty, and accelerated delivery during an Xperience by Kentico rebuild.

#Kentico #AI tooling
from-design-system-to-deployed-code-a-weekend-with-claude-design.md 6 min
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20 Apr 2026

From design system to deployed code: a weekend with Claude Design

A practical experiment in using Claude Design to infer a design system from an existing site, explore a redesign within real constraints, and move straight into implementation without the usual design handoff.

#AI tooling
from-spec-to-stripe-building-a-payment-provider-for-xperience-by-kentico.md 5 min
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21 Oct 2025

From Spec to Stripe: Building a Payment Provider for Xperience by Kentico

How a Markdown spec and AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude Code helped me build a Stripe payment provider for Xperience by Kentico - faster, cleaner, and spec-driven from the start.

#Kentico #Commerce #AI tooling
how-i-used-claude-code-to-redesign-my-kentico-sustainability-module.md 2 min
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17 Oct 2025

How I Used Claude Code to Redesign My Kentico Sustainability Module

Discover how I used Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI coding assistant, to refactor and redesign the UI of my Kentico Sustainability module - replacing third-party components with native ones and creating a cleaner, more integrated experience.

#Kentico #AI tooling #Open source
taking-stripe-payments-in-umbraco-commerce.md 5 min
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09 Oct 2025

Taking Stripe Payments in Umbraco Commerce

Step-by-step guide to adding Stripe to the Umbraco Commerce Demo Store (Umbraco 16, .NET 9) with screenshots, commands, and notes on webhooks and going live.

#Umbraco #Commerce