@steviecoaster.dev
A technologist whose professional identity somehow was born in a bar. Musician, techy, PowerShell dweeb, bourbon lover......I get the bar thing now. Microsoft MVP - PowerShell
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I’ve had a 100 proof idea!!!💡
It counts.
The VSCode download page with a local coffee shop as a backdrop
Summit prep sometimes requires a change of venue to align motivation and magic.
🤣🤣
Brb ordering dumpster fire stickers for…..reasons.
It also looks like a moderator requested changes that have not been completed yet back on March 7th
The moderation queue is managed by volunteers who do it in their spare time. It’s likely very close to being approved if it’s been 30 days.
New packages take longer through the approval process. Once they reach a trusted status they reach approved status much much faster.
I hate the date format and I can’t fix it no matter what I do on the speaker cards. 🤣
British shipping is fast.
And then I think about it, and it makes sense. I can drive across their *country* in the time it takes me to traverse my *state*.
This has been "Friday thoughts with Stevie", until next time!
A picture showing what my slack profile looks like. Yes, my profile pic is HeiHei from Moana, and my DisplayName is Step Hen.
Don't take work too seriously, folks.
You should come work with me.
Welcome to the 1GB club! It really does make a huge difference!
Exactly. I wish SHiPS weren't such a piece of SHiTS. It's a bit....obtuse to use. Providers should be dead-simple to make.
#PowerShell providers are really powerful. Did you know you can use Function:\ to traverse the functions available to a session?
And getting their code (aka the defintion) can be done via this shorthand: ${function:My-Function}?
Super handy for sending code to scriptblocks, etc!
Of course you do
Oh I love the eventing subsystem! I’m just using it in a way I’ve not had to before and discovering some new fun tricks.
-MessageData on Register-ObjectEvent might be one of the most useful things I've used in recent #PowerShell history.
It's passed as a reference to the EventHandler, so I can share data from the caller with the event script block!
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Clearly I need to get my eyes checked. 🤣
We have $IsWindows, $IsLinux, and $IsMacOS. Why no $IsAdmin/$IsElevated
It’s a trivial thing to add yourself, but would built-in be better? Thoughts? What say you, #PowerShell hive-mind?
Yo, #MVPBuzz #PowerShell peeps. Where y'all staying for the MVP Summit? I need to book travel but want to stay where the action is!
It takes considerably more effort to be an asshole than to be nice to someone.
Maybe Claude Code wrote it and released it? 😝
Simple is the most difficult thing you’ll ever do.
Friends don't let friends iex without reviewing the code first!😜
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So. I’m friends with the owner of the local bourbon bar. My bill was comped. This is both a blessing and a curse.
Also, don’t listen to me. It’s a Tuesday and I’ve been drinking
YES
It’s a hour of your day. Just do it. What’re you scared of?