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Events are Easy

Events are easy. Events let you know when something happened, and respond to it if you choose. Events are incredibly useful.

Jun 2, 2026
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Mastering Markdown

I've loved Markdown since the day it was a Daring Fireball post. It's a simple rich text format that gets the job done, and it's used everywhere. Markdown is supported

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Freeform Functions

We all yearn for freedom. We want to be free from tyranny. We want to be free to live. We want to be free to do things we enjoy. Some

May 12, 2026
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Splatting the GitHub CLI

Brevity may be the soul of wit, but I may be bad at it. But let's try to make a quick post about a little daily PowerShell timesaver: splatting the

May 11, 2026
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PowerShell Profiles

I've been using PowerShell for a pretty long time, and I have some thoughts on profiles. Let's share some of what I think makes a good profile and a bad

May 10, 2026
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Static Sites are Simple

Static Sites are simple. They're just files, and mostly text. Here's a PowerShell one-liner to make a really simple static site: We make static sites with whatever language we want,

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The PowerShell Wiggum Loop

One of the best things about PowerShell is that you can interactively explore anything. Long before the Wiggum Loop was a thing, PowerShell let you explore interactively with prompting. Here's

Feb 2, 2026
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Hello World

I'm James, and the code above is Hello World in PowerShell. Long ago, I worked on the PowerShell team and helped build a really beautiful and interesting scripting language. In