PowerShell and Tell

I have recently (in the last ~6 months) been diving into PowerShell. I had heard about this ‘coding language’ before but never wanted to get into ‘coding’. I have had my own website (indycrewworld.com) since December 2004 and I loved doing my own web development with HTML, CSS, JavaScript. I liked it as hobby. I didn’t want to get into any serious program or game development. I eventually transitioned my site to WordPress. This allowed me to focus on creating more blog posts about my time in the Army, travels, and family. I still dabbled with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Then I was capable of playing with PHP, CGI, MySQL and other tools for forms and other web development.

I enjoyed the life of IT. I worked with computers, servers, and networks. I still did web stuff on the side for myself, friends, family, and fun work projects.

At work we transitioned off a platform called N-Able for computer updates and management to a new platform called Automox. At that time, I didn’t know Automox primarily uses PowerShell. It creates worklets for updates and settings changes on the computer. I started looking at PowerShell.

I have always been a fan of YouTube for learning. Initially, I watched DIY projects and woodworking. Later, my focus transitioned to PowerShell learning. I also heavily used ChatGPT to start with some ideas and then help me understand the code and syntax better. I don’t want to rely solely on AI to give me the answer. I do want to understand what is being done.

I can tell you I now have a large appreciation for PowerShell and truly how POWERFUL it is. I like to compare the different AI model like Copilot, Perplexity, Gemini, and ChatGPT but I often default to ChatGPT. I have a ChatGPT project that I have given a set of rules. When ever I ask it a question, Rule #1 is to return an answer using PowerShell.

I also started exploring Github. I always thought Github was a place for Software Developers to store their code. It is. It is also so much more. I can store and organize my PowerShell scripts. I can keep track of changes through version control and integration with Visual Studio Code. I can even share my scripts with others who might find them useful.

I am working to clean up a public repo. Soon, I will release the url of the repo for all to see.