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2026-06-30 - Reporting IBM Champion activity with a custom Bob mode and Claude skill · 16 min
2026-06-27 - IBM App Connect and MCP: a field guide as of 13.0.7 · 14 min
2026-06-25 - Opening an IBM ACE support case with a custom Bob mode · 23 min
2026-06-24 - Setting up MCP on ACE Minikube · 24 min
2026-06-22 - Exposing a REST API as an MCP tool in App Connect 13.0.7 · 19 min
2026-06-20 - Why Your ACE REST Request Node Isn't Sending Basic Auth · 13 min
2026-06-17 - Keeping stuff stopped in IBM ACE · 8 min
2026-05-30 - Upgrading ACE on Minikube: from 13.0.4 to 13.0.6.2 (and unlocking MCP) · 34 min
2026-05-26 - Two bugs, one MQ CSU: how 9.4.0.21 broke my mqweb (twice) · 11 min
2026-05-19 - MCP in IBM App Connect Enterprise 13.0.7: turning the admin server into an MCP host · 47 min
2026-04-19 - Migrating ACE to v13 · 20 min
2026-04-17 - How to set up the IBM ACE vault from scratch · 22 min
2026-04-07 - ACE v13 new features (when coming from v12) · 39 min
2026-03-28 - mqsirestart · 5 min
2026-03-27 - IBM Storage Strategy Days 2026 · 9 min
2026-03-24 - Sync Plex watch history to Trakt with PlexTraktSync in Docker · 11 min
2026-03-17 - How This Blog Works: MkDocs, Python, and GitHub Pages · 15 min
2026-03-13 - Is that a fish? Part 1: Motion detection · 22 min
2026-03-10 - Validate a DFDL schema outside the toolkit · 7 min
2026-02-20 - Containerizing IBM ACE: A Blog Series - Upgrading in Containers · 12 min
2026-02-17 - PGP SupportPac on ACE 13.0.6.0: a full end-to-end setup · 12 min
2026-01-18 - Creating a generic log node using context trees · 17 min
2026-01-16 - Running Granite 4.0-1B locally on Android · 25 min
2025-10-30 - Installing ACE 13.x on Minikube: Filling in the Blanks · 72 min
2025-10-20 - IBM TechXchange 2025, Orlando. Overwhelming in all the right ways. · 11 min
2025-09-26 - Containerizing IBM ACE: A Blog Series - Container Startup Optimization · 47 min
2025-09-20 - Containerizing IBM ACE: A Blog Series - Scoping your runtimes · 13 min
2025-09-11 - Containerizing IBM ACE: A Blog Series - Things to Consider in Containers · 10 min
2025-09-11 - Containerizing IBM ACE: A Blog Series - Images vs Artifacts · 10 min
2025-09-05 - ACE, AI, and Why You Should've Been in Hursley · 7 min
2025-09-02 - Containerizing IBM ACE: A Blog Series - The Basics · 9 min
2025-08-29 - Stop Copying Messages into the Environment: Use Context Tree in ACE 13.0.4.0+ · 9 min
2025-08-20 - ACE on Windows: Disable Weak TLS Ciphers and Verify with OpenSSL · 17 min
2025-08-18 - Create JSON Arrays in ESQL and Java (Without Losing Your Sanity) · 29 min
2025-07-31 - The EventLogMonitor · 3 min
2025-07-31 - The Case of the Missing Query Parameters · 10 min
2025-04-04 - Select The Row · 16 min
2024-11-21 - Automating and Standardizing IBM ACE Installation with PowerShell · 10 min
2024-10-04 - Running Unit Tests in IBM App Connect Toolkit Using a Custom Integration Server Setup · 8 min
2024-08-06 - How to Customize the IBM App Connect Enterprise Palette: A Quick Guide · 4 min
2024-08-06 - Ignoring fields in ACE integration testing: a guide · 4 min
2024-08-01 - A Week at IBM TechXchange Early eXperience Program in Hursley · 3 min
2024-07-22 - ACE Log Node tips and tricks – default values · 5 min
2024-07-22 - Logging ACE's ExceptionList Inserts (in the Activity log with the Log node) · 6 min
2023-09-01 - Transformation Advisor: helpful sidekick or noisy backseat driver? · 5 min
2023-05-23 - Business Transaction Monitoring · 16 min
2023-05-23 - Bar Build Commands: Unraveling the Differences · 16 min