
Mattias Karlsson
Senior architect and long-time maintainer of the Cake (C# Make) open-source project, active in the .NET community and a .NET/Microsoft MVP.
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Nov 6, 2025 • 49min
Cake.SDK with Mattias Karlsson
Mattias Karlsson, a Senior architect and .NET/Microsoft MVP, discusses the innovative Cake.SDK, transforming the Cake open-source project. He highlights the benefits of integrating Cake into .NET applications for faster build automations and better testing environments. Mattias compares Cake to YAML, emphasizing its comprehensive programming language features. He covers using Cake for portable builds, its role in secure development, and the importance of community support in open source. The future looks exciting with the upcoming Cake 6.0 release!

Mar 6, 2026 • 57min
From YAML Chaos to C# Clarity: Mattias Karlsson on Cake Build
Mattias Karlsson, open-source maintainer and .NET-focused developer advocate and consultant, walks through Cake, the C# build orchestration tool he maintains. He contrasts C# scripting with YAML for clearer, strongly typed pipelines. Hear about local debugging, cross-platform path handling, evolving pipelines, publishing scripts as tools, and running one script across many CI systems.


