In this episode we recap our time at this years Codegarden 2023 and share our highlights of the event.

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Successes?

• Kevin has released an OpenAI/ChatGPT connector for Translation Manager.
• Lee got a Framework Laptop.
• Matt has been busy preparing for CodeGarden presentations.
• Butter Dish update, The Toaster Project.

Exit Strategy

• Matt has discussed Vendr's acquisition on umbraCoffee and Umbraco Community Office Hours, but Kevin wanted to dig deeper, was there an "exit strategy"?
• Matt explains the acquisition process, (without breaking any NDAs).
• How to value a business? EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation).
• Is uSync for sale? Currently not.
• Lee exited Umbrella (last year, 2022).
• Handing down a web tech business to the next generation/descendants?
• Exit strategies for open source Umbraco packages? uComponents, Nested Content, DTGE, any thoughts for Contentment?
  • Nested Content went into the Umbraco core.
  • Søren Kottal took over DTGE project.
• Can open source packages be acquired?

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Welcome back

• New host, Lee Kelleher 👋
• Vendr acquired by Umbraco.
• uSync and Contentment in the Umbraco Package Hall of Fame.

Opinionated

• Lotte Pitcher's Opinionated Umbraco Package Starter Template.
• Paul Seal used Lotte's template on his Quick Blocks package.
• Matt previously used NUKE Build, defining build scripts in C#.
• Kevin talks about Razor Class Libraries with Umbraco Packages.
• Lee mentions the use of SemVer - Semantic Versioning.
• Nested Content's origin of "toggle gate", with a continued discussion and subsequent follow up.
• Lotte mentions a Candid Contributions episode with Per Ploug interview about Umbraco democracy, revisit Season 1, Episode 10 "Open".
• A historic thread about "Tab Gate".
• Lee mentions a recent discussion on the Umbraco repo about ModelsBuilder's generated models.

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