The Problem

I recently came across a problem with a complex BitTalk solution being built in an Azure DevOps Pipeline. It had been working fine, but it started to fail with error related to failing to copy built DLLs from the obj folder to the bin folder because it said the files were in use by MSBuild.

The Analysis

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Whilst at DDD South West I did a very enjoyable panel podcast recording for Dan Clarke’s Unhandled Exception podcast on the subject of the impact of AI on software development.

I am please to say that the recording of the panel has just been published. So why not have a listen to it, or any of Dan’s back …

Thanks to everyone who came to my session ‘Why don’t people seem to be able to diagnose problems these days?` at yesterday’s DDD South West.

I don’t believe there is a recording of this session from any event where I have delivered it, but you can find a copy of my slides, with all my other …

Background

I have posted in the past on how we manage Azure DevOps Pipeline Agents with Packer and Lability. Whilst deploying a new agent I hit a interesting problem, the issue was completely a ‘UTS’ (user too stupid) error, but the way it was surfaced was I think interesting.

The Problem

My script built …

Background

My post-op chemotherapy treatment for my adrenal cancer meant I was struggling to get any fitness, so in 2019 I bought a Ribble CGR-ALe ebike based around the Mahle X35 system. It was in fact pre-ordered prior to the bike’s initial release by Ribble.

This bike served me well, getting me out and about …

Background

We have a few non-critical systems running as single instance Docker containers hosted on Azure WebApps. On these systems we have started to see the warning

Your app is configured with Docker Compose, which is set to retire on March 31, 2027. For multi-container support, please update your app to support …