Gary Ewan Park
@gep13.co.uk
Senior Software Engineer at Chocolatey Software, Inc. (@chocolatey.org). Microsoft MVP and GitHub ⭐️ #RRMS #Dad #Husband #Chocolatey #Cake #GitReleaseManager
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I was invited to the Tech Sharmit Podcast and had a lovely chat with Armit Sharma about building systems that last - across industries, cultures, and decades of technological change.
The episode is now published on YouTube:
youtu.be/J4SfmCrB_Rw?...
The episode is now published on YouTube:
youtu.be/J4SfmCrB_Rw?...
S1E143 – The Tech Sharmit Podcast: #MicrosoftMVP Mattias Karlsson | Expert Talks (TTSP)
YouTube video by Tech Sharmit
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I was invited to the Tech Sharmit Podcast and had a lovely chat with Armit Sharma about building systems that last - across industries, cultures, and decades of technological change.
The episode is now published on YouTube:
youtu.be/J4SfmCrB_Rw?...
The episode is now published on YouTube:
youtu.be/J4SfmCrB_Rw?...
Reposted by Gary Ewan Park
🎟️ Chocolatey Fest 2026 is coming!
We’re excited to announce Chocolatey Fest as a special track alongside the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit.
Same event, more automation-focused goodness. 🍫⚙️
👉 More info & tickets: powershellsummit.org/
#Chocolatey #PSHSummit #Automation #PowerShell
We’re excited to announce Chocolatey Fest as a special track alongside the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit.
Same event, more automation-focused goodness. 🍫⚙️
👉 More info & tickets: powershellsummit.org/
#Chocolatey #PSHSummit #Automation #PowerShell
January 15, 2026 at 8:49 PM
🎟️ Chocolatey Fest 2026 is coming!
We’re excited to announce Chocolatey Fest as a special track alongside the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit.
Same event, more automation-focused goodness. 🍫⚙️
👉 More info & tickets: powershellsummit.org/
#Chocolatey #PSHSummit #Automation #PowerShell
We’re excited to announce Chocolatey Fest as a special track alongside the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit.
Same event, more automation-focused goodness. 🍫⚙️
👉 More info & tickets: powershellsummit.org/
#Chocolatey #PSHSummit #Automation #PowerShell
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On 9 January 2026 mine and my family's lives changed forever.
I tell the full story in this video: youtu.be/mNEPSWcOheY
If you want to support my family as well as our local community, consider sharing this post, or donating here: www.gofundme.com/f/we-lost-al...
I tell the full story in this video: youtu.be/mNEPSWcOheY
If you want to support my family as well as our local community, consider sharing this post, or donating here: www.gofundme.com/f/we-lost-al...
January 14, 2026 at 2:55 AM
On 9 January 2026 mine and my family's lives changed forever.
I tell the full story in this video: youtu.be/mNEPSWcOheY
If you want to support my family as well as our local community, consider sharing this post, or donating here: www.gofundme.com/f/we-lost-al...
I tell the full story in this video: youtu.be/mNEPSWcOheY
If you want to support my family as well as our local community, consider sharing this post, or donating here: www.gofundme.com/f/we-lost-al...
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Posted a blog post about redoing the Spectre.Console docs in my content engine - thirty25.blog/blog/2026/01...
Rebuilding Spectre.Console Documentation with .NET-Only Tools
How I rebuilt Spectre.Console's docs using MyLittleContentEngine, MonorailCSS, and VCR# - ditching Node.js for pure .NET
thirty25.blog
January 7, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Posted a blog post about redoing the Spectre.Console docs in my content engine - thirty25.blog/blog/2026/01...
Reposted by Gary Ewan Park
🍰 We’ve updated the Cake docs and added more Cake SDK content on cakebuild.net.
Whether you’re just getting started or refining your builds, the latest guides help you set up projects, run builds, and write build logic with the SDK.
👉 #CakeBuild #dotnet #DevOps #csharp
Whether you’re just getting started or refining your builds, the latest guides help you set up projects, run builds, and write build logic with the SDK.
👉 #CakeBuild #dotnet #DevOps #csharp
Cake - Home
cakebuild.net
January 5, 2026 at 8:17 PM
🍰 We’ve updated the Cake docs and added more Cake SDK content on cakebuild.net.
Whether you’re just getting started or refining your builds, the latest guides help you set up projects, run builds, and write build logic with the SDK.
👉 #CakeBuild #dotnet #DevOps #csharp
Whether you’re just getting started or refining your builds, the latest guides help you set up projects, run builds, and write build logic with the SDK.
👉 #CakeBuild #dotnet #DevOps #csharp
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2026 OpenUK Honours list is now live. Congratulations to all included openuk.uk/honours/ #openukhonours #opensource #openuk #opensourceai #opendata #openhardware #openstandards
December 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
2026 OpenUK Honours list is now live. Congratulations to all included openuk.uk/honours/ #openukhonours #opensource #openuk #opensourceai #opendata #openhardware #openstandards
Happy New Year! All the best for 2026!
January 1, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Happy New Year! All the best for 2026!
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Take a look at this super-cool terminal shader made by @rangemarten.bsky.social using Spectre.Tui! 😍
December 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Take a look at this super-cool terminal shader made by @rangemarten.bsky.social using Spectre.Tui! 😍
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The new Spectre.Console (and Spectre.Console.Cli) website is now live! 🎉
This is all courtesy of @philco.bsky.social, who has done an amazing job, just as he did with the previous website.
spectreconsole.net
This is all courtesy of @philco.bsky.social, who has done an amazing job, just as he did with the previous website.
spectreconsole.net
Spectre.Console Documentation
Documentation for Spectre.Console and Spectre.CLI - rich console UI library and command-line application framework for .NET
spectreconsole.net
December 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The new Spectre.Console (and Spectre.Console.Cli) website is now live! 🎉
This is all courtesy of @philco.bsky.social, who has done an amazing job, just as he did with the previous website.
spectreconsole.net
This is all courtesy of @philco.bsky.social, who has done an amazing job, just as he did with the previous website.
spectreconsole.net
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New reference article detailing lots of info about running C# file-based apps via `dotnet run` now available! Makes for great input to a coding agent when working on file-based apps.
learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/...
learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/...
File-based apps - .NET
Learn how to create, build, and run C# applications from a single file without a project file.
learn.microsoft.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
New reference article detailing lots of info about running C# file-based apps via `dotnet run` now available! Makes for great input to a coding agent when working on file-based apps.
learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/...
learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/...
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The recording of my @cakebuild.net SDK talk from @oredev.org is now published and available
youtu.be/WzQ_goL6H4Y?...
#dotnet #devops #csharp
youtu.be/WzQ_goL6H4Y?...
#dotnet #devops #csharp
Mattias Karlsson - GitHub Actions DevOps Pipelines as Code using C# and Cake SDK
YouTube video by Øredev Conference
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The recording of my @cakebuild.net SDK talk from @oredev.org is now published and available
youtu.be/WzQ_goL6H4Y?...
#dotnet #devops #csharp
youtu.be/WzQ_goL6H4Y?...
#dotnet #devops #csharp
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How is package management evolving in the .NET world?
@gep13.co.uk talks on .NET Rocks at www.dotnetrocks.com/details/1980 about his work on Chocolatey and the host of other products in the space, including open source, free and paid options!
@gep13.co.uk talks on .NET Rocks at www.dotnetrocks.com/details/1980 about his work on Chocolatey and the host of other products in the space, including open source, free and paid options!
.NET Rocks!
.NET Rocks! is a weekly talk show for anyone interested in programming on the Microsoft .NET platform. The shows range from introductory information to hardcore geekiness.
www.dotnetrocks.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
How is package management evolving in the .NET world?
@gep13.co.uk talks on .NET Rocks at www.dotnetrocks.com/details/1980 about his work on Chocolatey and the host of other products in the space, including open source, free and paid options!
@gep13.co.uk talks on .NET Rocks at www.dotnetrocks.com/details/1980 about his work on Chocolatey and the host of other products in the space, including open source, free and paid options!
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We have just released v2.6.0 of the Chocolatey CLI!
Release notes can be found here:
docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/choco/...
Release notes can be found here:
docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/choco/...
Chocolatey Software Docs | Release Notes
Release Notes for Chocolatey CLI
docs.chocolatey.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We have just released v2.6.0 of the Chocolatey CLI!
Release notes can be found here:
docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/choco/...
Release notes can be found here:
docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/choco/...
Reposted by Gary Ewan Park
We have just released v7.0.0 of the Chocolatey Licensed Extension!
Release notes can be found here:
docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/licens...
Release notes can be found here:
docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/licens...
Chocolatey Software Docs | Release Notes
Release Notes for Chocolatey Licensed Extension
docs.chocolatey.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We have just released v7.0.0 of the Chocolatey Licensed Extension!
Release notes can be found here:
docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/licens...
Release notes can be found here:
docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/licens...
Reposted by Gary Ewan Park
We have just released v2.0.1 of the Chocolatey GUI Licensed Extension!
Release notes can be found here:
docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/chocol...
Release notes can be found here:
docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/chocol...
December 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We have just released v2.0.1 of the Chocolatey GUI Licensed Extension!
Release notes can be found here:
docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/chocol...
Release notes can be found here:
docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/chocol...
Reposted by Gary Ewan Park
We have just released v3.0.0 of Chocolatey Agent!
Release notes can be found here:
docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/agent/...
Release notes can be found here:
docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/agent/...
Chocolatey Software Docs | Release Notes
Release Notes for Chocolatey Agent
docs.chocolatey.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
We have just released v3.0.0 of Chocolatey Agent!
Release notes can be found here:
docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/agent/...
Release notes can be found here:
docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/agent/...
Reposted by Gary Ewan Park
🛒✨ Black Friday deal!
The Cake Build toolbox is freshly baked and ready to level up your builds for the unbeatable price of completely free!
Treat your pipelines to something sweet 🍰
👉 cakebuild.net/docs/running...
#BlackFriday #dotnet #CakeBuild #OpenSource #devops #csharp
The Cake Build toolbox is freshly baked and ready to level up your builds for the unbeatable price of completely free!
Treat your pipelines to something sweet 🍰
👉 cakebuild.net/docs/running...
#BlackFriday #dotnet #CakeBuild #OpenSource #devops #csharp
Cake - Runners
cakebuild.net
November 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🛒✨ Black Friday deal!
The Cake Build toolbox is freshly baked and ready to level up your builds for the unbeatable price of completely free!
Treat your pipelines to something sweet 🍰
👉 cakebuild.net/docs/running...
#BlackFriday #dotnet #CakeBuild #OpenSource #devops #csharp
The Cake Build toolbox is freshly baked and ready to level up your builds for the unbeatable price of completely free!
Treat your pipelines to something sweet 🍰
👉 cakebuild.net/docs/running...
#BlackFriday #dotnet #CakeBuild #OpenSource #devops #csharp
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While build & release pipelines are often created in YAML/JSON/XML, using C# offers clearer control flow. This session shows managing GitHub Actions pipelines with C#, Cake SDK & .NET 10, enabling local testing & debugging in VSCode.
hubs.li/Q03VJlxp0 #dotnet #dotnetconf
hubs.li/Q03VJlxp0 #dotnet #dotnetconf
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
While build & release pipelines are often created in YAML/JSON/XML, using C# offers clearer control flow. This session shows managing GitHub Actions pipelines with C#, Cake SDK & .NET 10, enabling local testing & debugging in VSCode.
hubs.li/Q03VJlxp0 #dotnet #dotnetconf
hubs.li/Q03VJlxp0 #dotnet #dotnetconf
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Thanks to all who came to my .NET Conf session, you can watch it again at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7hk...
The presentation is available at dotnetconf2025.azurevoodoo.net & the sample github.com/azurevoodoo/...
Cake 6.0 & Sdk launch blog post cakebuild.net/blog/2025/11...
#dotnet #devops #csharp
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7hk...
The presentation is available at dotnetconf2025.azurevoodoo.net & the sample github.com/azurevoodoo/...
Cake 6.0 & Sdk launch blog post cakebuild.net/blog/2025/11...
#dotnet #devops #csharp
GitHub Actions DevOps Pipelines as Code using C# and Cake SDK
YouTube video by dotnet
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Thanks to all who came to my .NET Conf session, you can watch it again at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7hk...
The presentation is available at dotnetconf2025.azurevoodoo.net & the sample github.com/azurevoodoo/...
Cake 6.0 & Sdk launch blog post cakebuild.net/blog/2025/11...
#dotnet #devops #csharp
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7hk...
The presentation is available at dotnetconf2025.azurevoodoo.net & the sample github.com/azurevoodoo/...
Cake 6.0 & Sdk launch blog post cakebuild.net/blog/2025/11...
#dotnet #devops #csharp
Reposted by Gary Ewan Park
Just released Cake v6.0.0! 🚀🍰
Few highlights
✨ .NET 10 & C# 14 support!
✨ Introducing Cake.Sdk - a new official runner that brings the .NET 10 "dotnet run app.cs" experience to Cake.
✨ Bug fixes, improvements.
Full details: hubs.li/Q03SKH8y0
#dotnet #csharp #devops
Few highlights
✨ .NET 10 & C# 14 support!
✨ Introducing Cake.Sdk - a new official runner that brings the .NET 10 "dotnet run app.cs" experience to Cake.
✨ Bug fixes, improvements.
Full details: hubs.li/Q03SKH8y0
#dotnet #csharp #devops
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Just released Cake v6.0.0! 🚀🍰
Few highlights
✨ .NET 10 & C# 14 support!
✨ Introducing Cake.Sdk - a new official runner that brings the .NET 10 "dotnet run app.cs" experience to Cake.
✨ Bug fixes, improvements.
Full details: hubs.li/Q03SKH8y0
#dotnet #csharp #devops
Few highlights
✨ .NET 10 & C# 14 support!
✨ Introducing Cake.Sdk - a new official runner that brings the .NET 10 "dotnet run app.cs" experience to Cake.
✨ Bug fixes, improvements.
Full details: hubs.li/Q03SKH8y0
#dotnet #csharp #devops
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🍰Fairly proud of this one! It took a bit of effort to turn the Cake .NET tool scripting engine into "just" a single SDK directive for use in regular .NET projects, but with the simplicity&feel of the DSL, making migrating existing scripts fairly straightforward.
Also same day .NET 10 & C#14 support🎉
Also same day .NET 10 & C#14 support🎉
Just released Cake v6.0.0! 🚀🍰
Few highlights
✨ .NET 10 & C# 14 support!
✨ Introducing Cake.Sdk - a new official runner that brings the .NET 10 "dotnet run app.cs" experience to Cake.
✨ Bug fixes, improvements.
Full details:
cakebuild.net/blog/2025/11...
#dotnet #csharp #devops
Few highlights
✨ .NET 10 & C# 14 support!
✨ Introducing Cake.Sdk - a new official runner that brings the .NET 10 "dotnet run app.cs" experience to Cake.
✨ Bug fixes, improvements.
Full details:
cakebuild.net/blog/2025/11...
#dotnet #csharp #devops
Cake - Cake v6.0.0 released
cakebuild.net
November 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🍰Fairly proud of this one! It took a bit of effort to turn the Cake .NET tool scripting engine into "just" a single SDK directive for use in regular .NET projects, but with the simplicity&feel of the DSL, making migrating existing scripts fairly straightforward.
Also same day .NET 10 & C#14 support🎉
Also same day .NET 10 & C#14 support🎉
@dot.net @dotnetfoundation.org @developer.microsoft.com
This seems like something that should be corrected. Thoughts?
I understand that I am likely screaming into the abyss on this, but thought I should at least try.
This seems like something that should be corrected. Thoughts?
I understand that I am likely screaming into the abyss on this, but thought I should at least try.
Interesting that posting about a major release of a #OSS .NET Foundation member project which adds support for a new major version of .NET and adding a whole new SDK embracing a new .NET 10 SDK feature is on .NET reddit moderated as providing no value 🤷
www.reddit.com/r/dotnet/s/E...
#dotnet
www.reddit.com/r/dotnet/s/E...
#dotnet
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November 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
@dot.net @dotnetfoundation.org @developer.microsoft.com
This seems like something that should be corrected. Thoughts?
I understand that I am likely screaming into the abyss on this, but thought I should at least try.
This seems like something that should be corrected. Thoughts?
I understand that I am likely screaming into the abyss on this, but thought I should at least try.
Reposted by Gary Ewan Park
Interesting that posting about a major release of a #OSS .NET Foundation member project which adds support for a new major version of .NET and adding a whole new SDK embracing a new .NET 10 SDK feature is on .NET reddit moderated as providing no value 🤷
www.reddit.com/r/dotnet/s/E...
#dotnet
www.reddit.com/r/dotnet/s/E...
#dotnet
dotnet-ModTeam's comment on "[ Removed by moderator ]"
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November 12, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Interesting that posting about a major release of a #OSS .NET Foundation member project which adds support for a new major version of .NET and adding a whole new SDK embracing a new .NET 10 SDK feature is on .NET reddit moderated as providing no value 🤷
www.reddit.com/r/dotnet/s/E...
#dotnet
www.reddit.com/r/dotnet/s/E...
#dotnet
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Just released Cake v6.0.0! 🚀🍰
Few highlights
✨ .NET 10 & C# 14 support!
✨ Introducing Cake.Sdk - a new official runner that brings the .NET 10 "dotnet run app.cs" experience to Cake.
✨ Bug fixes, improvements.
Full details:
cakebuild.net/blog/2025/11...
#dotnet #csharp #devops
Few highlights
✨ .NET 10 & C# 14 support!
✨ Introducing Cake.Sdk - a new official runner that brings the .NET 10 "dotnet run app.cs" experience to Cake.
✨ Bug fixes, improvements.
Full details:
cakebuild.net/blog/2025/11...
#dotnet #csharp #devops
Cake - Cake v6.0.0 released
cakebuild.net
November 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Just released Cake v6.0.0! 🚀🍰
Few highlights
✨ .NET 10 & C# 14 support!
✨ Introducing Cake.Sdk - a new official runner that brings the .NET 10 "dotnet run app.cs" experience to Cake.
✨ Bug fixes, improvements.
Full details:
cakebuild.net/blog/2025/11...
#dotnet #csharp #devops
Few highlights
✨ .NET 10 & C# 14 support!
✨ Introducing Cake.Sdk - a new official runner that brings the .NET 10 "dotnet run app.cs" experience to Cake.
✨ Bug fixes, improvements.
Full details:
cakebuild.net/blog/2025/11...
#dotnet #csharp #devops
Reposted by Gary Ewan Park
We are starting to prepare our next release, 6.0.0 ( github.com/cake-build/c... ). This is your friendly reminder that if you haven't pinned to a specific version of Cake, you should do it now :-) 📌 🍰
cakebuild.net/docs/writing...
cakebuild.net/docs/writing...
cake-build/cake
:cake: Cake (C# Make) is a cross platform build automation system. - cake-build/cake
github.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
We are starting to prepare our next release, 6.0.0 ( github.com/cake-build/c... ). This is your friendly reminder that if you haven't pinned to a specific version of Cake, you should do it now :-) 📌 🍰
cakebuild.net/docs/writing...
cakebuild.net/docs/writing...