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Nick Allen

United Kingdom

MVP 2026

Technology

United Kingdom
MVP 2022

Technology

United States
MVP 2021

Technology

United States
MVP 2020

Ambassador

United States
MVP 2019

Technology

United States
MVP 2016

Technology

United States
MVP 2015

Technology

United States
MVP 2014

Technology

United States
MVP 2013

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Timeline

2026

24/Sep

A long-form follow-up to my SUG France session

A long-form follow-up to my SUG France session, with the code and detail that thirty minutes did not leave room for.

It adds lessons from building the demos that weren't in the talk: a route lives only as long as its shortest-lived cache, how nested caches behave when Vercel regenerates a page, and why stacked caches cause stale content.

SitecoreAI Sitecore JSS

2026

23/Sep

Caching Sitecore: A Deep Dive into Next.js Cache Components

Session presented at the Sitecore User Group France for developers and architects building SitecoreAI head apps with the Content SDK.

It covered how Next.js 16 Cache Components change caching for Sitecore: moving from route-level ISR to 'use cache', cacheLife and cacheTag.

It also covered what the Content SDK Cache Components template provides, and how snapshot and Edge runtime publishing change what the Experience Edge webhook reports.

Two live demos, running against a real SitecoreAI...

SitecoreAI Sitecore JSS

2026

11/Sep

Specs, skills and memory: getting consistent Sitecore code from AI agents

Follow up editorial piece after the Jaipur user group presentation

2026

31/Aug

Sitecore development with specs, skills and agent memory

AI coding agents can write code faster than ever, but speed alone doesn’t guarantee good software. We’ll explore how specifications, reusable skills and persistent agent memory can give AI agents the context they need to work effectively on Sitecore projects. Using practical examples, we’ll look at moving beyond prompt-driven development towards a more structured, repeatable and trustworthy approach to AI-assisted engineering.

Sitecore XM Sitecore XP SitecoreAI Sitecore JSS

2026

16/Apr

SUGCON Europe 2026

Beyond the chatbot: five AI engineering patterns from building a Sitecore code analysis engine.

Everyone has built a “hello world” chatbot or AI proof of concept, but shipping reliable AI tools for enterprise developers requires a different mindset. In this session, we unpack the architecture of our Sitecore Content SDK migration tool, a production-grade system designed to guide developers through the refactoring required to move from JSS to the Content SDK for SitecoreAI.

SitecoreAI Sitecore JSS

2025

13/Nov

Deeper into the Content SDK for SitecoreAI

A technical overview of how the Sitecore Content SDK has progressed from early beta to version 1.2, including key features, architectural changes, and emerging capabilities such as App Router support. The article explains what has changed, why it matters for XM Cloud development, and how these updates affect JSS-to-SDK migrations.

SitecoreAI Sitecore JSS

2025

5/Nov

Sitecore unveils SitecoreAI: Agentic orchestration arrives for the CMS era

Blog post explaining the SitecoreAI announcement at Symposium in November.

Sitecore Personalize Sitecore OrderCloud Sitecore Content Hub SitecoreAI Sitecore Stream

2025

3/Sep

Content SDK Migration CLI

AI-powered CLI to accelerate the migration of Sitecore JSS Next.js applications to the Content SDK.

The CLI is supported by a service layer that uses a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) approach to produce a PDF migration report. This process is guided by a custom knowledge base, built from my hands-on experience working with enterprise customers on XM Cloud using JSS, and from real-world migrations through to production using the Content SDK.

SitecoreAI Sitecore JSS

2025

26/Jun

SUGHUN - Exploring the Sitecore Content SDK for XM Cloud

I spoke at the user group in Budapest on the Content SDK including an overview, architectural breakdown and live demo of a conversational AI application which advises on migration approaches by analysing JSS based repositories on GitHub.

SitecoreAI Sitecore JSS

2025

12/Jun

SUGLON - Exploring the Sitecore Content SDK for XM Cloud

I spoke at the user group in London on the Content SDK including an overview, architectural breakdown and live demo of a conversational AI application which advises on migration approaches by analysing JSS based repositories on GitHub.

SitecoreAI Sitecore JSS

2025

29/Mar

Future of conversational UIs: key takeaways from SUGCON EU

Blog post reflecting on Rob Coyle's talk at SUGCON EU

2025

21/Mar

Frontline insights: Building with Sitecore XM Cloud

Blog post reflecting on Derk Hudepol’s “XM Cloud Lessons Learned” session at SUGCON Europe 2025

SitecoreAI

2025

15/Mar

AI-first by design: SUGCON keynote insights on the future of Sitecore and digital experience

Blog post reflecting on Dave O’Flanagan's keynote at SUGCON EU 2025.

Sitecore Stream

2025

8/Mar

Level up your Sitecore Content Hub development: why the CLI is your new best friend

Reflections on the Content Hub CLI talk at SUGCON EU 2025

Sitecore Content Hub

2025

6/Mar

Inside Sitecore Stream: what it is, how it works, and what’s coming next

Reflections on announcements made about Sitecore Stream at SUGCON EU 2025

Sitecore Stream

2024

28/Mar

Partial HTML Cache Deep Dive

Deep dive into partial html cache configuration options and contrasting approaches to NextJS rendering strategies to help those in the Next/XM Cloud world.

Sitecore XM