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Lego Starwars Baloon Dog

Year Forty Seven

Today I turn the page on another year. There were a couple of consequential events that as I look back, feel more like stepping stones than pedastals. Necessary but not sufficient. Let us reflect.

Happy New Year in Scrabble pieces

New Year. New Blog.

On the first day of 2024, I re-launched my new personal website. I've redesigned it to be a better home for my stuff on the internet. You'll now be able to go to this single site to keep up to date on all things Rob Mensching.

HeatWave and WiX logos better together.

WiX Toolset v4 and HeatWave v1 Generally Available

The WiX Toolset v4 first release candidate is available now. If it feels like Preview 1 just came out, it did. WiX v4 release candidates are coming out about once a month now. Let's talk about what that means.

The boys after they won their tournament.

Forty Six in Phoenix

I'm celebrating my birthday at a soccer tournament in Phoenix, Arizona. My son's team just won their division, and now they are playing football in the pool (because three days of soccer apparently wasn't enough). So while they play, let me recap last year and look forward into 2023.

Deployment Dojo

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Debugging the Dojo
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Debugging the Dojo
BindPaths in MSBuild in WiX v4
S1:E45
Finding Files using WiX v4
S1:E44
Configuration for the IT Crowd
S1:E33
Taking a Shortcut using WiX v4
S1:E22
What's a WXL?
S1:E15
What's a WXL?
The Path from WiX v3 to WiX v4
S1:E10
Let's Install Something Real
S1:E9
Refining WiX v4 Kata 0
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Refining WiX v4 Kata 0