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🏆 #SitecoreMVP
💼 Independent consultant
🥪 Co-host of #SitecoreLunch every Friday at 12:15 p.m. ET
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coreysmith.co
Resolute #SitecoreLunch today! Discussed:

⌚ Watch repair
🪩 NYE ball drop
📢 Organizing SUGs
🏆 #SitecoreMVP apps
🖥️ Accessible monitors
🍅 #Pomodoro technique
✅ #NewYearsResolutions
💻 #SitecoreTDS for VS26
☎️ Making your phone a landline
🌍 #SUGCONEU call for speakers

See you same time next year! 🥪🥗
Screenshot of attendees on the January 2, 2026 #SitecoreLunch call.
January 2, 2026 at 6:09 PM
coreysmith.co
Join the #SitecoreCommunity tomorrow at 12:15 p.m. ET for this week's #SitecoreLunch. Chat #Sitecore, #AgenticOrchestration, and more! 🎂🥂

⏲️ when: tomorrow, 12:15 p.m. ET
🖥️ where: details in #Sitecore Slack #general channel
🍕 join #Sitecore Slack: sitecore.chat
Screenshot of attendees on the December 26, 2025 #SitecoreLunch call.
January 1, 2026 at 2:13 PM
coreysmith.co
Very merry #SitecoreLunch today! Discussed:

🛂 H-1B Visas
🔥 HVAC issues
📅 Unlimited PTO
🤾‍♂️ #NetworkChuck
🔹 Boutique agencies
💰 Contractor vs. FTE
☀️ FTS support model
✅ Performance reviews
🚀 #SitecoreXP to #SitecoreAI migration
🎅 #SitecoreCommunity #AdventCalendar

See you same time next week! 🥪🥗
Screenshot of attendees on the December 26, 2025 #SitecoreLunch call.
December 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
coreysmith.co
This week's #SitecoreLunch is live! Join the #SitecoreCommunity now to discuss all things #Sitecore and more! 🥪🥗

🍪 where: details in #Sitecore Slack #general channel 🍪
🥛 join #Sitecore Slack: sitecore.chat 🥛
Screenshot of attendees on the December 26, 2025 #SitecoreLunch call.
December 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
coreysmith.co
🎁 #HappyKwanzaa and #HappyBoxingDay! This bonus day of the #SitecoreCommunity #AdventCalendar is brought to us by #Sitecore's Tamas Varga!

I hope this post inspires you to get involved!

#HappyNewYear! Look forward to the 2026 #SitecoreCommunity #AdventCalendar!

www.scadvent.com/2025/sitecor...
Sitecore Community: Where Passion Meets Opportunity
Discover the vibrant Sitecore Community of 30,000+ passionate developers, marketers, and MVPs.
www.scadvent.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Reposted by Corey Smith
ginthursdaybot.bsky.social
You don't need to play tennis to celebrate Gin Thursday.
An '80s era advert for Seagram's gin showing two people dressed for tennis with the makings of gins. The text says they make their ice from tonic water for a perfect martini gin.
December 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
coreysmith.co
Join the #SitecoreCommunity tomorrow at 12:15 p.m. ET for this week's #SitecoreLunch. Chat #Sitecore, #SitecoreStudio, and more! 🍪🥛

⏲️ when: tomorrow, 12:15 p.m. ET
🖥️ where: details in #Sitecore Slack #general channel
🍕 join #Sitecore Slack: sitecore.chat
Screenshot of attendees on the December 19, 2025 #SitecoreLunch call.
December 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
coreysmith.co
🎅 #MerryChristmas! Day 25 of the #SitecoreCommunity #AdventCalendar is brought to us by #SitecoreMVP David San Filippo!

See how to design a rendering parameter preset system using the #SitecoreMarketplace SDK. Merry Christmas to all!

www.scadvent.com/2025/designi...
From Idea to Marketplace: Designing a Presets Module for SitecoreAI
Designing a rendering parameter preset module for SitecoreAI with the Marketplace SDK.
www.scadvent.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:06 AM
coreysmith.co
🛷 Day 24 of the #SitecoreCommunity #AdventCalendar is brought to us by #SitecoreMVP Jesper Balle!

Learn how to create version-controlled #SitecoreAI diagrams with text-based tools. Tomorrow is the final post of this year's calendar!

www.scadvent.com/2025/sitecor...
Turning Complexity into Clarity: SitecoreAI Architectural Diagrams That Work
Create clear, version-controlled SitecoreAI architecture diagrams using text-based tools.
www.scadvent.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
coreysmith.co
💝 Day 23 of the #SitecoreCommunity #AdventCalendar is brought to us by #SitecoreMVP Hetal Dave!

Learn how to address common #eCommerce pain points with #SitecorePersonalize. 2 more posts to savor this December!

www.scadvent.com/2025/persona...
From Carts to Clicks: Personalizing Commerce with Sitecore
Solve cart abandonment, low AOV, and retention with Sitecore Personalize. Start small, scale smart.
www.scadvent.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:09 AM
coreysmith.co
🕯️ Day 22 of the #SitecoreCommunity #AdventCalendar is brought to us by #SitecoreMVP Mark Lowe!

Learn how to convert PDFs in #SitecoreContentHub into #Markdown for GenAI. 3 more holiday posts to come this December!

www.scadvent.com/2025/how-to-...
How to Extract Markdown from Content Hub Assets for GenAI
Convert Content Hub PDFs to LLM-ready Markdown using Azure Service Bus and Python.
www.scadvent.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:03 AM
coreysmith.co
🧤 Day 21 of the #SitecoreCommunity #AdventCalendar is brought to us by #SitecoreMVP Nona Dzhurkova!

Learn about a hybrid #Sitecore data architecture that uses both template fields and file-based data. 4 more posts to follow to warm your December!

www.scadvent.com/2025/when-si...
When Sitecore Fields Just Aren't Enough
Simplify Sitecore templates with a hybrid data architecture for dynamic product comparisons.
www.scadvent.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:07 AM
coreysmith.co
🌬️ Day 20 of the #SitecoreCommunity #AdventCalendar is brought to us by #SitecoreMVP Vincent Lui!

Learn how to architect a mobile app backend with #SitecoreXM using webhooks, #GraphQL APIs, and an event-driven architecture. 5 more snowy posts to enjoy this December!

www.scadvent.com/2025/leverag...
How I Managed to Leverage Sitecore XM to Power a Mobile App Back End System
Learn how to build a mobile app back end powered by Sitecore XM using webhooks and GraphQL APIs.
www.scadvent.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:03 AM
coreysmith.co
Festive #SitecoreLunch today! Discussed:

☃️ Snow
🚀 #Astrojs
🖥️ #PCGaming
📃 Blog hosting
🎮 Controller drift
📱 #WindowsPhone
🤢 Yucky Minnesota food
👴 Planned obsolescence
🍎 #Windows vs. #macOS
💻 Corporate laptop issues
🍄 #SuperMarioBros Wonder

See you same time next week! 🥪🥗
Screenshot of attendees on the December 19, 2025 #SitecoreLunch call.
December 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
coreysmith.co
This week's #SitecoreLunch is live! Join the #SitecoreCommunity now to discuss all things #Sitecore and more! 🥪🥗

🫕 where: details in #Sitecore Slack #general channel 🫕
🍺 join #Sitecore Slack: sitecore.chat 🍺
Screenshot of attendees on the December 19, 2025 #SitecoreLunch call.
December 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
coreysmith.co
🍰 Day 19 of the #SitecoreCommunity #AdventCalendar is brought to us by #SitecoreMVP Anna Pokorná!

Learn the importance of accessibility for your #SitecoreAI sites and steps to audit them. There are 6 more posts to warm your December!

www.scadvent.com/2025/the-cos...
What Are the Costs of NOT Having an Accessible Website and Why Should You Care
Explore the legal risks, business costs, and benefits of making your website accessible.
www.scadvent.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
coreysmith.co
Join the #SitecoreCommunity tomorrow at 12:15 p.m. ET for this week's #SitecoreLunch. Chat #Sitecore, #SitecoreSearch, and more! 🫕🍺

⏲️ when: tomorrow, 12:15 p.m. ET
🖥️ where: details in #Sitecore Slack #general channel
🍕 join #Sitecore Slack: sitecore.chat
Screenshot of attendees on the December 12, 2025 #SitecoreLunch call.
December 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
coreysmith.co
⭐ Day 18 of the #SitecoreCommunity #AdventCalendar is brought to us by #SitecoreMVP Tobias Studer!

Learn the mechanics of #SitecoreSearch suggestion blocks to configure autocomplete and exact-match suggestions. 7 more posts to look forward to this month!

www.scadvent.com/2025/sitecor...
Sitecore Search Suggestions: What You Might Be Missing
Learn to configure autocomplete and exact-match suggestions in Sitecore Search the right way.
www.scadvent.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:06 AM
coreysmith.co
⌛ Day 17 of the #SitecoreCommunity #AdventCalendar is brought to us by #SitecoreMVP Eric Sanner!

Reflect on how #Sitecore development has changed over the past decade and how #AI is changing it for the future. 8 more heartwarming posts to discover this December!

www.scadvent.com/2025/modern-...
Modern Sitecore Development in a Headless AI World
From traditional MVC to headless NextJS: how Sitecore development evolved and AI's role in it.
www.scadvent.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM
coreysmith.co
⛄ Day 16 of the #SitecoreCommunity #AdventCalendar is brought to us by #SitecoreMVP Peter Prochazka!

Learn how to properly render URLs in Rich Text fields exposed by APIs in #SitecoreXM and #SitecoreXP. 9 more cozy posts to enjoy this December!

www.scadvent.com/2025/rich-te...
How to Expose Sitecore Rich Text Field Values Properly in Your Custom APIs
Fix broken Rich Text links in custom Sitecore APIs with the renderField pipeline solution.
www.scadvent.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Reposted by Corey Smith
jermdavis.dev
On the blog this week, the third part of my series on the basics of text adventures. Adding "behaviours" - logic that lets the world react in different ways to the player's commands:

blog.jermdavis.dev/posts/2025/t...
Text adventures: Behaviours for flavour [by Jeremy Davis]
Adding behavioural logic to the simple c# text adventure code
blog.jermdavis.dev
December 15, 2025 at 8:59 AM
coreysmith.co
🕎 #HappyHannukah! Day 15 of the #SitecoreCommunity #AdventCalendar is brought to us by #SitecoreMVP Koen Heye!

See a proof-of-concept that integrates #GooglePageSpeed, #Mouseflow, and #Confluence into #SitecoreAI. 10 more delightful posts await this December!

www.scadvent.com/2025/sitecor...
Practical SitecoreAI Extensions: A POC Guide to PageSpeed, Mouseflow, and Atlassian Confluence Integration
Extend SitecoreAI with custom integrations for PageSpeed, Mouseflow, & Confluence.
www.scadvent.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
coreysmith.co
🧣 Day 14 of the #SitecoreCommunity #AdventCalendar is brought to us by #SitecoreMVP Khushboo Sorthiya!

Learn about V1 vs. V2 of #SitecoreAI Edge Publishing and how to hasten your content publishing workflows. 11 more merry posts to unwrap this December!

www.scadvent.com/2025/edge-pu...
Edge Publishing in Sitecore Explained: What, How, and Why
How Edge Publishing works in SitecoreAI: architecture, V1 vs V2, and optimization.
www.scadvent.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:04 AM
coreysmith.co
🎺 Day 13 of the #SitecoreCommunity #AdventCalendar is authored by #SitecoreMVP Cade Whitbourn!

See what #SitecoreAI means for #SitecoreStream and how #SitecoreAgenticStudio will transform #DigitalOperations. 12 more gleeful posts remain to unwrap this December!

www.scadvent.com/2025/sitecor...
SitecoreAI Has Arrived: A New Chapter after Stream
Stream ends, SitecoreAI begins. A fundamental shift to AI-native across the platform.
www.scadvent.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 AM
coreysmith.co
Merry #SitecoreLunch today. Discussed:

🐮 #Farmville
📍 #Foursquare
🎥 Video storage
📈 #GTM analytics
👉 #Facebook pokes
🛂 ESTA requirements
💰 Copyright extortion
🚨 #Next.js & #React exploits
🖼️ Images in #SitecoreContentHub
🕸️ #SitecorePersonalize + #SitecoreContentHub

See you same time next week! 🥪🥗
Screenshot of attendees on the December 12, 2025 #SitecoreLunch call.
December 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM