Crouton #6 - Dance to Your Own Beat
A guide on using the BurntToast PowerShell module to create custom Windows toast notifications with personalized audio files.
A guide on using the BurntToast PowerShell module to create custom Windows toast notifications with personalized audio files.
A guide to using the #PSHelp hashtag on Twitter for quick, informal PowerShell assistance, including a script to monitor the hashtag.
Explores the history and current state of AI, questioning if we truly understand human intelligence or are merely emulating it.
A guide to creating custom Windows 10 toast notifications using PowerShell to warn users about expiring Active Directory passwords.
A resource list for a Devs4Ops talk, featuring links to PowerCLI scripts, VMware automation tools, and coding examples for IT operations.
A tutorial on using Python and the Twython library to automatically create a Twitter list of users who use the #freeCodeCamp hashtag.
A guide to automating development database setup using Docker, including scripts to import production dumps into a MariaDB image for faster local deployment.
A PowerShell developer reviews his 2017 tech resolutions and sets new goals for 2018, including blogging, streaming, and using DSC.
A guide to ChatOps, using chatbots like opsdroid to automate IT operations and improve team collaboration through transparent workflows.
Guide to creating a PowerShell scheduled task with no execution time limit, covering methods for Windows Server 2012 R2 and 2016.
A guide to using the KovertKringle PowerShell module to automate and manage a Secret Santa gift exchange with email notifications.
A guide to creating and maintaining a RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md file to prevent manual deployment errors and ensure all post-release steps are tracked.
A tutorial on using the new Microsoft Teams PowerShell module to automate the creation of channels within a team.
A recap of #PSBlogWeek 2017, summarizing five days of community blog posts covering advanced PowerShell automation, logging, and DevOps topics.
A guide on how to run Cucumber BDD tests directly from the command line using the Java CLI runner, covering classpath setup and arguments.
A guide to building a PowerShell script for generating storage usage reports across multiple servers, focusing on logical script flow and AD integration.
A guide to using PowerShell commands to stop, start, or restart all Azure Web Apps in a subscription.
A PowerShell function to test if the current date matches complex recurrence patterns, like 'third Wednesday of the month,' for script scheduling.
A guide to programmatically creating new AWS accounts within an AWS Organization using the AWS CLI, covering setup and automation.
Argues that scientific progress requires reusable software libraries, not just reproducible results, and discusses challenges in computational research.