Pascal Berger

It's an honor to be renewed as a Developer Technologies Microsoft MVP for the 9th year. Congratulations to all new and renewed MVPs 🎉 #mvpbuzz

Looking for my next role starting Sept 2026. Former CTO, Head of Software Engineering, Lead Engineer & Software Architect with strong .NET/Azure expertise. I enjoy hands-on technical leadership at the intersection of tech, business & people. Central Switzerland • Hybrid/Remote. DM me!

Version 6.1.0 of Cake has just been released! 🍰 🚀 cakebuild.net/blog/2026/03... #dotnet #devops #csharp

Just blogged: Renovate now supports C# file-based apps & Cake.Sdk tools 📦 www.devlead.se/posts/2026/2... #dotnet #devops #cakebuild

🛒✨ 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

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

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

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

🍰 I will be bringing Cake to @oredev.org 2025! 🛸 Join me in Room Horizon on Thu 3:50 pm to see how you can build GitHub Actions pipelines #csharp using the @cakebuild.net SDK and .NET 10. Skip YAML pain, embrace code lifecycle happiness. 🚀 oredev.org/program/94bb... #dotnet #devops #oredev2025

Just released Cake v5.1.0! 🚀🍰 Highlights: • Woodpecker CI support • Improved script caching behavior • New DotNetSlnRemove alias • Cake.Testing.Xunit.v3 cakebuild.net/blog/2025/10...

So apparently my client has decided that we should (1) start using Cursor, and (2) show up at the office four days a week. After more than 6 years there, I’m thinking this might be my cue to eject. Anyone looking for a coder for a remote gig (or hybrid in Stockholm)?

.NET STS releases are now supported for 2 years instead of 18 months starting with .NET 9 (the current STS). STS releases now go out-of-support on the same day as the previous LTS release. Upgrading to an STS release will no longer cause you to lose support! devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotne...

Just blogged: Migrating to Cake SDK — sharing lessons learned, gotchas, and how to modernize your Cake builds 🍰🔧 www.devlead.se/posts/2025/2... #DotNet #cakebuild #devops

We're looking for suggestions of CLI applications to test the #opencli specification against. Maybe you have some suggestions? We're looking for a diverse set of applications that can push the spec to its limits, but all suggestions are welcome! github.com/spectreconso...

🍰 dotnet cake.cs - Cake.Sdk Preview! New way to get Cake .NET tool scripting in .NET console apps: ✅ File-based builds (.NET 10) ✅ Project-based builds (.NET 8/9/10) ✅ Auto-generated aliases ✅ Full addin/module support Early feedback wanted! hubs.li/Q03xN67c0 #DotNet

🍰 dotnet cake.cs - Cake.Sdk Preview! New way to get Cake .NET tool scripting in .NET console apps: ✅ File-based builds (.NET 10) ✅ Project-based builds (.NET 8/9/10) ✅ Auto-generated aliases ✅ Full addin/module support Early feedback wanted! cakebuild.net/blog/2025/07... #CakeBuild #DotNet

Nice @cakebuild.net tool works with new #dotnet 10 dnx

"dotnet cake.cs" #dotnet #cake #devops #itshappening #staytuned

Not a joke: there is a new Commodore 64 coming out. “The glowing, translucent Commodore 64 isn’t a software emulator — it’s the first official C64 in over 30 years, with a few new tricks.” You can preorder now & cancel before shipping for a full refund. (via @ernie.tedium.co) [commodore.net]

To get Cake Issues working again, I need to publish a new version with Microsoft.Identity.Client updated. But the PR fails because the deletion of the package has broken the pipeline. As a consequence I need to disable pipelines for the sake of security I think I'll have a beer now

Seriously considering deprecating my Azure DevOps addins for @cakebuild.net. What's the point in investing my free time in supporting users of Microsoft tools, if same Microsoft, if they made an error, decides to delete my @nuget.org package? github.com/NuGet/Home/d... #mvpbuzz

It's an honor to be renewed as a Microsoft MVP in the area .NET & DevOps for the seventh consecutive year in a row. Congratulations to all new and renewed MVPs 🎉 #mvpbuzz

I just published a blog post about the OpenCLI initiative. I think it's time we had a way to standardize CLI automation! Feedback, suggestions, and thoughts are more than welcome. patriksvensson.se/posts/2025/0...

Starting in May of 2025, MeteoSwiss will make its data freely and publicly available as part of the federal government's Open Government Data (OGD) policy. OGD Landing Page: https://bit.ly/3ScMZDP YouTube: https://bit.ly/43qPHL2 #opendata #ogd #weatherdata #climatedata #meteoswiss

Respect @devolutions.net, that's amazing ❤️

FFS, we (Cake) have advocating for running C# as scripts for more than 14 years, and before us ScriptCS. It feels like I've been taking crazy pills, but this is not a new, world-changing thing. They've (finally!) just made it more ergonomic. At least they could have credited prior art...

My reason to be renewed as an MVP was always "My daughter is proud of me receiving an award". I think you can skip this argument after todays appearances at #msbuild conference.

A new version of Spectre.Console has been released! spectreconsole.net/blog/posts/2...

🚀 Material for MkDocs in-browser configurator by @dbodky.me www.materialconfig.dev

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Sub-Issues and issue types are now in public preview on GitHub github.blog/changelog/20... #github #devops

New year, new release: Cake Issues 5.1.0 has been released with a new addin which adds support for Test Anything Protocol cakeissues.net/latest/news/... #cakebuild #dotnet #csharp #devops

New year, time to look back: cakeissues.net/latest/news/... #cakebuild #dotnet #csharp #devops

Hey #dotnet folks if you’re using a CI/CD double check your resource URLs. A CDN has gone bankrupt and may cease operations in the next month. We are working to make transparent fixes but you can be proactive github.com/dotnet/core/...

Probably not much interest in this since nobody complained that cakeissues.net hasn't been updated in over a year 😀 But I finally migrated it to Material for MkDocs. Content still the same and partly outdated. PRs welcome, especially if someone wants to contribute an icon. #cakebuild

It's v3 1.0.0 release day! We are excited for you to try out our newly redesigned testing framework. Release notes: xunit.net/releases/v3/... xunit.net/releases/ana... xunit.net/releases/vis... #DotNet #CSharp #FSharp #UnitTest #TDD

Did you know that you can define a DebuggerDisplayAttribute for a type from another assembly? Just add an assembly-level attribute to your code and specify the Target type: [assembly: DebuggerDisplay(@"\{Color = {Color}}", Target = typeof(Pen))]

Today is the day folks. The new and updated Bluesky.ms is now live! Go add yourself. I'll share a detailed step by step...

I'm now verified as an MVP thanks due the great work of @merill.net. Subscribe to @bluesky.ms to see badges for verified MVPs / RDs or Microsoft employees.

It's that time again. ☆ Happy Buy Nothing Day ☆ youtu.be/fQ4f_lgdYz8?...

Say hi to the first ever Git for Windows version that adds native support for Windows/ARM64! github.com/git-for-wind...

So who wants a verified 'Microsoft' and 'Microsoft MVP' label on their profile and all the posts? I just finished setting up @bluesky.ms as a labelling service. Go subscribe to the label to start seeing labels on verified MVPs and Microsofties. 🧵👇

All my MVP friends, @tobiasfenster.io has built a little tool that adds you to starter packs and lists based on your MVP profile. Just add a link to Bluesky to your MVP profile, fill out the data in this form, and DONE! verified-bluesky-rpu7w3bv.fermyon.app

Two years ago, 200+ of us collaborated to build elk.zone. Would you be interested in an Elky Nuxt PWA Client for Bluesky? Elk has markdown code blocks. Do you enjoy tinkering with @vite.dev, @vuejs.org, @nuxt.com, @vueuse.org, @unocss.dev, @shiki.style, the @bsky.app API? Would you like to help us?

Seems like everyone is creating Starter Kits, so not to feel left out, here is one that I have created :-) It has everyone who is currently working @chocolatey.org and has a BlueSky account. go.bsky.app/PaTMx3Z