Use Carnac to show key presses on-screen
Carnac is a free, open source, small utility that displays the keys you press on the screen. This is great for demos, presentations, and screen recordings wh...
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Change these VS Code default settings to make it even more awesome
This post is a collection of Visual Studio Code settings that I think are worth changing from their default values. This only includes native VS Code setting...
Prevent Admin apps from blocking AutoHotkey by always using UI Access
When an app running as Admin has focus, you may not be able to trigger your AutoHotkey (AHK) scripts, hotkeys, and hotstrings. This is a security feature of ...
Change the default AutoHotkey script editor
The Windows context menu provides an Edit Script option for AutoHotkey .ahk files. Unfortunately, it defaults to opening in Notepad, which is not a great edi...
Run PowerShell as another user
I was looking for a way to run a PowerShell script as another user in our deployment pipeline. There are many reasons you might want to do this; for me I nee...
Ensure Windows power settings are not slowing your CPU
My computer was sometimes very slow and unresponsive. It turned out the Windows power settings were throttling my processor speed.
Use WinGet to install and update your Windows apps
I installed all my Windows apps on my new computer with one line using WinGet.
Communicate intent more effectively with Conventional Commit and Comment messages
Conventional Commits and Conventional Comments can save you and your team time and prevent miscommunications by expressing intent more clearly. Let’s look at...
Get IIS events from Event Viewer using PowerShell
Sometimes services hosted in IIS don’t behave as we expect and we need to dig into what’s happening. If the problem lies in your application’s code, you may ...
Find which Windows process has file in use
When a file or directory is in use by a process (application), you will not be able to delete or modify the file / directory. Unfortunately it’s not always o...
Master the Windows copy-paste clipboard
Copying and pasting is a common task that pretty much everyone does. Becoming more efficient with it is a great way to improve your productivity.
Reasons to use both a local and global editorconfig file
What is EditorConfig
Customize Git config based on the repository path
Like many people, I use my laptop for both personal and work projects. One thing I noticed a while back was that the commits to my work Git repos were using ...
PowerShell intellisense on the command line
If you use PowerShell then this tip is for you; if you don’t already know it, it’s game changer!
Close those superfluous Zoom windows automatically
So many Zoom windows to close every day
Get up and running with AutoHotkey
AutoHotkey (AHK) is an amazing programming language for automating tasks and keystrokes in Windows. In this post we’ll look at how you can get your first AHK...
Git alias to reset local tags
I’ve noticed that VS Code sometimes detects conflicts between my local Git tags and remote ones. This results in a Git error when hitting the small Git sync ...
Watch videos faster and reclaim your time
Your time is valuable, and limited. Many videos we watch, whether they’re conference sessions, DIY instructions, movies, or silly cat videos, can easily be u...
Bring up the Windows Terminal in a keystroke
I decided to try out the new Windows Terminal to see how it compared to ConEmu, which is my usual console. The recommended way to get the Windows Terminal is...
Fixing SQL72023 Containment error when deploying SQL SSDT database project from a dacpac
We setup a new Visual Studio Database Project using SSDT (SQL Server Data Tools) and built it, which generates a .dapac file that can be used for deployments...