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Continue reading →: Power BI – Enter Email Address
Ever work in Power BI Desktop and suddenly encounter the continuous “Enter your email address” pop-up below? Quick fix! Now just reboot!
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Continue reading →: GitHub Copilot SDK
I’ve been playing around with the recently release Copilot SDK and put together a nice demonstration project. My project is python based and is orchestrated with GitHub Actions. The steps in the project are the following. The cool thing is the agent can handle multiple steps. In my example, GitHub…
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Continue reading →: GitHub Copilot CLI
I encountered something interesting trying to use the old GitHub CLI + Copilot extension in my workflow yml file. Not knowing it deprecated in late 2025, I tried to use it and got the following error. After doing some research, I discovered that it was depreciated and I should use…
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Continue reading →: ARC and CodeBuild for GitHub Self-Hosted Runners
There are many ways to setup GitHub self-hosted runners. In this blog post, I’ll review the following 2 options. AWS Code Build – GitHub Runners AWS CodeBuild provides fully managed, ephemeral self-hosted runners. Each GitHub workflow (job) spins up a fresh environment (no persistent runners), with native AWS integrations. Review…
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Continue reading →: Dec 2025 PowerShell Update (KB5074204)
This update has the ability to impact your PowerShell automation by adding a manual prompt. On patched systems (Windows PowerShell 5.1 after applying the update), running Invoke-WebRequest without the -UseBasicParsing parameter on an HTML page will trigger an interactive security confirmation prompt warning about potential script execution risk from web…
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Continue reading →: Speed Up Your Gradle Builds!
Looking for ways to speed up your Gradle builds? Look into setting the following flag. It took me a little bit of time to understand this setting and the benefits. This flag is really beneficial when you are NOT using the same static build agent each time. (e.g. GitHub Hosted…
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Continue reading →: GitHub Workflow – PowerShell vs PWSH
What’s the difference between “shell: pwsh” and “shell: powershell” in GitHub workflow files? “shell: powershell”- Windows PowerShell 5.1- Windows only- NET Framework 4.5″shell: pwsh”- PowerShell (Core) 6+- Cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux)- NET Core / .NET (open source) Checkout this example workflow file! (Example workflow file)
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Continue reading →: GitHub Copilot and Instructions MD File
GitHub Copilot is a great AI coding assistant, but you can make it even better by adding custom instructions. These let you guide Copilot to follow your project’s standards, best practices, and preferences automatically. I use Visual Studio Code mostly and have seen these files help myself and my team.…
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Continue reading →: Lang Eco System
Below are the Lang Eco System libraries that you should be aware of in the current age of AI! 🙂 I am ranking these in order of popularity.
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Continue reading →: Azure DevOps and Scrum Retro
If you are using Azure DevOps for managing your Scrum team, take a look at this extension for facilitating Scrum retro’s. It works great! https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-devlabs.team-retrospectives After you install and setup your retro board, you will see something like this. This is great! It really helps your facilitate the Scrum retro…
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