First, Single, and SingleOrDefault in .NET are harmful
I’ve wasted countless hours troubleshooting exceptions thrown by the .NET First, Single, and SingleOrDefault methods. In this post we’ll look at why these me...
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Resolve PowerShell paths that do not exist
In this post we’ll see how to resolve a file or directory path, even if it does not exist.
PowerShell class definition pros, cons, and performance comparison
There are 3 different approaches that can be used to define classes and enums in PowerShell. This article will compare the pros, cons, and performance of eac...
Get PowerShell tips automatically in your terminal with the tiPS module
There are a lot of great PowerShell tips out there, but we often don’t proactively look for them. It’s hard to know what you don’t know, and easy to miss out...
Easily profile your PowerShell code with the Profiler module
Premature optimization may be the root of all evil, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t optimize your code where it matters. Rather than guessing which code ...
Automatically create new sessions to improve PowerShell development with classes in VS Code
Developing PowerShell scripts and modules that reference classes and binary modules can be a bit painful, as in order to load a new version of the class or m...
How and where to properly define classes and enums in your PowerShell modules
I recently created a PowerShell script module that defines classes and enums. Everything worked fine locally, but broke when I tested the module on a build s...
Inherit and extend a Blazor component, add UI elements, and hijack its parameters
In this post we see how to extend a Blazor component to show additional UI elements around it, how to override some of the default property settings, and how...
Update your terminal prompt and font in Windows Terminal, VS Code, and Visual Studio
I use Oh My Posh to improve my PowerShell terminal’s prompt appearance and show additional helpful information. There are many themes to choose from, and I h...
Increase system fault tolerance with the Stale Cache pattern
Caching is used to improve the performance of an application. When applied properly, caches can also help increase an application’s fault tolerance, helping ...
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...
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...