How to perform actions in Azure, in your Azure Devops Pipelines, without using Saved Passwords

Using saved passwords in Azure Devops Pipelines is sooooo 2023. The new hotness is using Azure Workload Id Federation. It only took me 27 tries to get it right, and you can learn to do it from me correctly the first time. Continue Reading...
Solving internet connectivity drop with Game Pass on Windows 10 PCs

Thought I'd share my findings here with this irritating problem which ended up breaking my outbound web traffic on my gaming pc, forcing me to restart regularly. Continue Reading...
Got messy Ifs? Guard Clauses to the Rescue!

Revisiting PowerShell after mostly writing nothing but c# for years, I'm finding lots of useful programming practices can make my code easier to read. In this post, we'll talk about guard clauses and how they can make your code easier to read! Continue Reading...
Jekyll Migration From WordPress - What about the stats?!

In migrating from Wordpress.com hosting, I noticed that there wasn't any great one solution for the 'WordPress Stats' info I got from WordPress' JetPack Service. In this post, I'll show you exactly how I recreated both the utility AND more importantly the Vanity I got from WordPress Stats, seeing big numbers pop up like I'm back in WoW... Continue Reading...
Introducing DogDeploy

After years of blogging about PowerShell, ConfigMgr and Automation, I decided to give it all up and now focus the blog solely on my new love, Dogs. Continue Reading...
GitHub Report Issue Button

I have long admired the Report Issue button on Microsoft Docs and sought to recreate it. Then I loved it so much, I added it to the end of every post! Here's how, and you can just copy and paste it and then take the rest of the day off! Continue Reading...