Gary Ewan Park

@gep13.co.uk

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Senior Software Engineer at Chocolatey Software, Inc. (@chocolatey.org). Microsoft MVP and GitHub ⭐️ #RRMS #Dad #Husband #Chocolatey #Cake #GitReleaseManager

Screenshot of the email that I received from the MVP Program saying "We're please to invite you to the Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVP) program in recognition of your outstanding contributions to the community in the following technical area(s): .NET"
Photo of me and my two girls who are also wearing orange MSSociety t-shirts!
Photo of me wearing an MSSociety orange t-shirt ready to support my wife running the 1/2 marathon.
Photo of the brand new LEGO Bluey set, 11203. Picture shows the Family House, along with pictures of all the mini figures included in the set, Bluey, Bingo, Bandit, Chilli, a lamp, and Chattermax.
Photo of me, without my face, showing off my new t-shirt from being a speaker at the DDDSW Conference today. It is a white t-shirt, with orange words that say “DDDSW 2025 Speaker”
Photo showing Kevin Smith presenting his session at DDDSW. All seats are taken!
Selfie of me wearing an orange MS Society t-shirt. Will be out today supporting the runners taking part in the London Landmarks 1/2 Marathon.
A photo of one of my daughter’s teddies with a mask on to make it look like the Chattermax character from Bluey.
Photo of my youngest daughter sitting in front of a green screen with her teddies. She is covered in another sheet of green fabric, ready to record a Bluey inspired video as part of her Mothers Day gift. There is a small table in front of it all with a camera sitting on it. There is another table with an Amazon box whether a teddy is ready to start being part of the show.
Screenshot of a GitHub release that uses the new functionality in GitReleaseManager to include contributor information. Two sections are highlighted by red boxes. The first shows information about the issue that was created, along with the title and who created the issue, and then information about who solved it in which pull request. The second box shows all the avatars of the people that contributed to the release.
Screenshot of email from GitHub saying that I have been renewed as a GitHub Star. “GitHub Stars 2025 Award. Congratulations gep13! We’re thrilled to let you know that you have”
Photo of corner of my office, where my desk is located. Poster of a tiger on the wall, along with photos of family as well as an Optimis Prime LEGO set.
Photo of my new Ubiquiti U6-IW device, which I have finally mounted onto the wall. Shown beside some wall plugs. Green Ethernet cable coming out the bottom of the device.
Photo of my old multimeter, which I had to dig out in order to verify somethings for some improvements I am trying to make to my home office.
Email confirmation telling me that I have signed up to the official Bluey Newsletter. There is a picture of Bandit, Chilly, Bluey and Bingo.
Photo of the “Looks Good to Me” book by Adrienne Braganza, which has just been delivered through my door.
Logo of the MVP Program. Blue box, containing another white box with the text "MVP" in the middle. Then the text "Most Valuable Professionals" underneath the box.
Screenshot of email confirming that I have been renewed as a GitHub Star for 2024. "Congrats, Gary! We're thrilled to let you know that you have been chosen to be a GitHub Star for 2024. Thank you for all your continued work and dedication to supporting and influencing the entire GitHub community over the past 12 months!"
Photo of my talk “Let’s ship this thing!” being advertised on a display outside of the session room. Photo also shows logos for the sponsors of the event.
Photo of the LEGO Rainbow Bricks 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle that we have just started making.