Compiling a VS2008 project on a TFS2010 build server

After upgrading to Team Foundation Server 2010, some Visual Studio 2008 project failed to build on the build server.

In the build log file, I found the following error message:

The type 'System.Func<TResult>' exists in both 'c:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.5\System.Core.dll' and 'c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\mscorlib.dll' [D:\Builds\01 Development Core\Sources\Core\Business Process Layer\Core.Bpl\Core.Bpl.csproj

The problem was caused by a bug in the build engine which is using the .NET 4 Workflow libraries. As this project was originally created as a workflow library, we end up with a conflict as both the .NET 4 workflow libraries and the .NET 3 libraries were loaded in the same process. As we were no longer using the workflow functionality in this project, I removed the references to the .NET 3.5 System.Workflow dll. But the build still failed…

Further investigation showed that I not only had to remove the references but also open up the csproj file and remove the following line:

Removing it solved the issue.

Azure DevOps/ GitHub emoji

I’m really bad at remembering emoji’s. So here is cheat sheet with all emoji’s that can be used in tools that support the github emoji markdown markup: All credits go to rcaviers who created this list.

Kubernetes–Limit your environmental impact

Reducing the carbon footprint and CO2 emission of our (cloud) workloads, is a responsibility of all of us. If you are running a Kubernetes cluster, have a look at Kube-Green . kube-green is a simple Kubernetes operator that automatically shuts down (some of) your pods when you don't need them. A single pod produces about 11 Kg CO2eq per year( here the calculation). Reason enough to give it a try! Installing kube-green in your cluster The easiest way to install the operator in your cluster is through kubectl. We first need to install a cert-manager: kubectl apply -f https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.14.5/cert-manager.yaml Remark: Wait a minute before you continue as it can take some time before the cert-manager is up & running inside your cluster. Now we can install the kube-green operator: kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kube-green/kube-green/releases/latest/download/kube-green.yaml Now in the namespace where we want t

DevToys–A swiss army knife for developers

As a developer there are a lot of small tasks you need to do as part of your coding, debugging and testing activities. DevToys is an offline windows app that tries to help you with these tasks. Instead of using different websites you get a fully offline experience offering help for a large list of tasks. Many tools are available. Here is the current list: Converters JSON <> YAML Timestamp Number Base Cron Parser Encoders / Decoders HTML URL Base64 Text & Image GZip JWT Decoder Formatters JSON SQL XML Generators Hash (MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512) UUID 1 and 4 Lorem Ipsum Checksum Text Escape / Unescape Inspector & Case Converter Regex Tester Text Comparer XML Validator Markdown Preview Graphic Color B

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