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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

New Post: Strange error with Earfun Air earbuds tinyurl.com/346rh4he

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

New Post: Adding SQL Permissions for an Azure Managed Identity tinyurl.com/y5v9t297

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

New Post: Why has my L-Twoo GRX Shifters stopped working and how do I fix them? tinyurl.com/ycys7s9w

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New Post: Fix for slow WIFI performance on Dell Latitude Laptop tinyurl.com/52wk24ah

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New Post: Unexpected error when using the wrong ADO build agent tinyurl.com/2s3mmya4

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

New Post: Missing Azure DevOps Server Team Project Collection database when doing an upgrade tinyurl.com/4pv5ruda

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

New Post: Lower API impact way of updating NVD Vulnerability Dependency data tinyurl.com/3krjcxvj

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

New Post: Azure DevOps Pipeline cache issue stopping Dependency Check task tinyurl.com/y2k97k7k

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I have just released Version 1.14.3 of my Azure DevOps Pipeline Social Media Template Tester tinyurl.com/ADOEXT-RF Bump brace-expansion in /Extensions/BuildUpdating/BuildVariableTask

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I have just released Version 1.14.1 of my Azure DevOps Pipeline Social Media Template Tester tinyurl.com/ADOEXT-RF Bump brace-expansion in /Extensions/BuildUpdating/GetBuildDefinitionVariableValueTask

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I have just released Version 1.14.4 of my Azure DevOps Pipeline Social Media Template Tester tinyurl.com/ADOEXT-RF Bump brace-expansion in /Extensions/ArtifactDescription/ArtifactDescriptionTask

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I have just released Version 1.12.3 of my Azure DevOps Pipeline Social Media Template Tester tinyurl.com/ADOEXT-RF Bump qs from 6.12.0 to 6.15.2 in /Extensions/BuildUpdating/GetBuildDefinitionVariableValueTask

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I have just released Version 1.12.2 of my Azure DevOps Pipeline Social Media Template Tester tinyurl.com/ADOEXT-RF Bump qs from 6.12.0 to 6.15.2 in /Extensions/BuildUpdating/BuildVariableTask

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

New Post: Strange build issue in Azure DevOps Pipelines when MSBuild is running pre-build scripts tinyurl.com/3mzxtm5a

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

New Post: Unhandled Exception podcast recording from DDD South West 2026 has been published tinyurl.com/2eefbhc5

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I have just released Version 1.11.1 of my Azure DevOps Pipeline Social Media Template Tester tinyurl.com/ADOEXT-RF Bump the npm_and_yarn group across 15 directories with 10 updates

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I have just released Version 1.9.2 of my Azure DevOps Pipeline Social Media Template Tester tinyurl.com/ADOEXT-RF Bump brace-expansion in /Extensions/ArtifactDescription/ArtifactDescriptionTask

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I have just released Version 1.9.4 of my Azure DevOps Pipeline Social Media Template Tester tinyurl.com/ADOEXT-RF Bump brace-expansion in /Extensions/BuildUpdating/GetBuildDefinitionVariableValueTask

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I have just released Version 1.8.1 of my Azure DevOps Pipeline Social Media Template Tester tinyurl.com/ADOEXT-RF Bump the npm_and_yarn group across 16 directories with 14 updates

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

New Post: Duplicated IP addresses give strange error when deploying Hyper-V environments tinyurl.com/msv7x47d

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I have just released Version 1.7.1 of my Azure DevOps Pipeline Social Media Template Tester tinyurl.com/ADOEXT-RF Swap the means by which a GitHub encrichment is triggered to support named GHEC instances (#2237)

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I have just released Version 4.28.41 of my Azure DevOps Pipeline XplatGenerateReleaseNotes tinyurl.com/ADOEXT-RF Swap the means by which a GitHub encrichment is triggered to support named GHEC instances (#2237)

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

New Post: Duplicated IP addresses give strange error when deploying Hyper-V environments tinyurl.com/msv7x47d

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

New Post: Fixing Ribble CGR-Ale (Mahle X35 based) ebike with intermittent power tinyurl.com/yszaw49n

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

New Post: Migrating Azure WebApps from Docker Compose to Sidecar tinyurl.com/38vv9czz

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

New Post: Why has my BizTalk CI/CD build just stopped working? tinyurl.com/mtyfhc5b

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

New Post: PostSharp assembly error upgrading Delinea Secret Server tinyurl.com/3p7up5yn

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

New Post: Another new problem when generating build agents using Packer tinyurl.com/3py9y8je

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

New Post: Options for migrating DevOps Toolsets tinyurl.com/2b49yzew

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

The next @blackmarble webinar is on the 18th of March and is titled 'GitHub Copilot - how to harness the power of AI for Developers' Register for free for this webinar, or any other Black Marble webinar, at www.blackmarble.com/events/

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

New Post: Unexpected 'task is dependent on a Node version that is end-of-life' warning with Azure DevOps Pipelines tinyurl.com/2yw37he7

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

New Post: Caught out again by the cache in a build pipeline tinyurl.com/m9bu6dks

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

There is still time to register for DDDNorth being held at Hull Uni on the 28th of February. This is a free community conference with over 20 great sessions and a free lunch! To checkout the agenda and to register go to www.dddnorth.co.uk

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Registration is now open for @DDDNorth which is being held on Saturday 28th February 2026 @ Hull University Why not come along to this great free community event, there are over 20 sessions and great chance to network with like minded people. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ddd-north-...

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Get ready for a mind-blowing day of tech talks, and networking at DDD North 2026—don't miss out!

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

New Post: Cannot create a new Azure DevOps Agent Pool on an Azure DevOps Server tinyurl.com/3ba7952k

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

New Post: Issues parsing xUnit Test Coverage data into SonarQube tinyurl.com/3bercc7m

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

New Post: Updating powerBI connections after a SQL migration tinyurl.com/4m9b55dh

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

New Post: Updating a project's SonarQube and OWASP Dependency Checker Plugin Configuration tinyurl.com/2yrn5898

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I have just released Version 3.15.6 of my Azure DevOps Pipeline VersioningExtension tinyurl.com/ADOEXT-RF Update NPM Packages (#2170)

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I have just released Version 2.9.6 of my Azure DevOps Pipeline YamlGenerator tinyurl.com/ADOEXT-RF NPM package update (#2169)

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I have just released Version 3.25.6 of my Azure DevOps Pipeline WikiUpdaterExtension tinyurl.com/ADOEXT-RF NPM package Updates (#2168)

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I have just released Version 4.5.12 of my Azure DevOps Pipeline WikiPDFExportExtension tinyurl.com/ADOEXT-RF Add support to download a specific version of the AzureDevOps.WikiPDFExport CLI tools (#2167)

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I have just released Version 4.27.4 of my Azure DevOps Pipeline XplatGenerateReleaseNotes tinyurl.com/ADOEXT-RF Update NPM packages (#2165)

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I have just released Version 1.4.6 of my Azure DevOps Pipeline Sarif2JUnitConverter tinyurl.com/ADOEXT-RF Update NPM packages (#2166)

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I have just released Version 4.7.6 of my Azure DevOps Pipeline FileCopyExtension tinyurl.com/ADOEXT-RF Remove deprecated 'request' dependency from XmlFileUpdateTask package.json (#2163)

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

I have just released Version 3.11.38 of my Azure DevOps Pipeline BuildUpdatingExtension tinyurl.com/ADOEXT-RF General NPM package update (#2162)

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Richard Fennell @richardfennell.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

I have just released Version 2.12.10 of my Azure DevOps Pipeline ArtifactDescription tinyurl.com/ADOEXT-RF General NPM package update (#2161)

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