Shane O'Neill
@sozdba.bsky.social
SQL Server Database Administrator
PowerShell automation
Coffee, whiskey, etc.
PowerShell automation
Coffee, whiskey, etc.
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I'm hitting the stage @powershellsummit.org with my friend @sdwheeler.bsky.social to talk about all things PlatyPS and what's new in the 1.0 release! Join us as we show you what it is, how it can help you, and how to use this powerful documentation tool for your #PowerShell modules!
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January 13, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I'm hitting the stage @powershellsummit.org with my friend @sdwheeler.bsky.social to talk about all things PlatyPS and what's new in the 1.0 release! Join us as we show you what it is, how it can help you, and how to use this powerful documentation tool for your #PowerShell modules!
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[Blog] GIN Indexes in PostgreSQL: www.sqlpassion.at/archive/2026... #sqlpassion #postgres #PostgreSQL
GIN Indexes in PostgreSQL – SQLpassion
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January 12, 2026 at 12:57 PM
[Blog] GIN Indexes in PostgreSQL: www.sqlpassion.at/archive/2026... #sqlpassion #postgres #PostgreSQL
First book of Maori myths I've found!
I have a weird goal of getting as much different myths as possible
I have a weird goal of getting as much different myths as possible
January 11, 2026 at 3:46 PM
First book of Maori myths I've found!
I have a weird goal of getting as much different myths as possible
I have a weird goal of getting as much different myths as possible
Well things don't seem so good all around right now, and even tech things ain't looking too good.
Think I'll just read and write for a while until things seem better...
Think I'll just read and write for a while until things seem better...
January 7, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Well things don't seem so good all around right now, and even tech things ain't looking too good.
Think I'll just read and write for a while until things seem better...
Think I'll just read and write for a while until things seem better...
Happy Nollaig na mBan!
I luckily found another dish that she likes! Hot and spicy salmon with egg fried rice.
The gluten-free & dairy-free requirements still add a bit of difficulty when finding a dish.
I luckily found another dish that she likes! Hot and spicy salmon with egg fried rice.
The gluten-free & dairy-free requirements still add a bit of difficulty when finding a dish.
January 6, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Happy Nollaig na mBan!
I luckily found another dish that she likes! Hot and spicy salmon with egg fried rice.
The gluten-free & dairy-free requirements still add a bit of difficulty when finding a dish.
I luckily found another dish that she likes! Hot and spicy salmon with egg fried rice.
The gluten-free & dairy-free requirements still add a bit of difficulty when finding a dish.
I now have a shelf in my office filled with broken headphones that MY FAT HEAD has broken 🙃
December 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I now have a shelf in my office filled with broken headphones that MY FAT HEAD has broken 🙃
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Hey all, just a reminder that the @dataceili.bsky.social call for speakers is open!
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#sqlserver #fabric #powerbi #sql2025 #conference
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#sqlserver #fabric #powerbi #sql2025 #conference
December 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hey all, just a reminder that the @dataceili.bsky.social call for speakers is open!
dbafromthecold.com/2025/12/16/d...
#sqlserver #fabric #powerbi #sql2025 #conference
dbafromthecold.com/2025/12/16/d...
#sqlserver #fabric #powerbi #sql2025 #conference
Testing is on going...
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Testing is on going...
Saturday work done
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Saturday work done
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Our website recently got an upgrade! It was initially built on WordPress in 2016 then after several hacks, was exported to HTML and put on @github.com's Pages in 2020. Now, it's been redesigned using Hugo and Claude Code. Let us know what you think!
dbatools | Command-line superpowers for SQL Server automation
A free, open-source PowerShell module with 600+ commands that make SQL Server administration simple, powerful, and fun.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Our website recently got an upgrade! It was initially built on WordPress in 2016 then after several hacks, was exported to HTML and put on @github.com's Pages in 2020. Now, it's been redesigned using Hugo and Claude Code. Let us know what you think!
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I'm going to try #CliffDiving with #PowerShell tonight.
www.meetup.com/pacific-powe...
Anyone else want to jump off the cliff?
@steviecoaster.dev may have parachutes.
Jump starts at 6 pm pacific time.
www.meetup.com/pacific-powe...
Anyone else want to jump off the cliff?
@steviecoaster.dev may have parachutes.
Jump starts at 6 pm pacific time.
Cliff diving with PowerShell (And other bad ideas) (by Stephen Valdinger), Wed, Nov 12, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Much like you wouldn't go BASE jumping without a parachute, you wouldn't hand a script to someone with validation, right? Right??? In this session, we'll cover some tips an
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November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I'm going to try #CliffDiving with #PowerShell tonight.
www.meetup.com/pacific-powe...
Anyone else want to jump off the cliff?
@steviecoaster.dev may have parachutes.
Jump starts at 6 pm pacific time.
www.meetup.com/pacific-powe...
Anyone else want to jump off the cliff?
@steviecoaster.dev may have parachutes.
Jump starts at 6 pm pacific time.
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Join me, along with fellow Microsoft MVPs @stevenjudd.bsky.social and @psjamesp.dev for a PS Wednesday straight from #SpiceWorld
We’ll share #PowerShell tips, tease what's in their sessions, and have plenty of friendly banter along the way
🎥 Wednesday @1pm CST ➡️
We’ll share #PowerShell tips, tease what's in their sessions, and have plenty of friendly banter along the way
🎥 Wednesday @1pm CST ➡️
PowerShell Wednesday SpiceWorld Edition
We are LIVE from SpiceWorld 2025 with a couple of Microsoft MVPs, PowerShell community members, AND SpiceWorld speakers.
We will share some tips and takeaways from their sessions, roast each other endlessly, and answer YOUR questions.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Join me, along with fellow Microsoft MVPs @stevenjudd.bsky.social and @psjamesp.dev for a PS Wednesday straight from #SpiceWorld
We’ll share #PowerShell tips, tease what's in their sessions, and have plenty of friendly banter along the way
🎥 Wednesday @1pm CST ➡️
We’ll share #PowerShell tips, tease what's in their sessions, and have plenty of friendly banter along the way
🎥 Wednesday @1pm CST ➡️
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BurntToast turns #PowerShell into lovely toast notifications
Here’s @toastit.dev creating a toast notification with a button that launches Notepad. Use your imagination and think of the possibilities!
Try it yourself:
Install-Module BurntToast
New-BurntToastNotification
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Here’s @toastit.dev creating a toast notification with a button that launches Notepad. Use your imagination and think of the possibilities!
Try it yourself:
Install-Module BurntToast
New-BurntToastNotification
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November 6, 2025 at 11:27 PM
BurntToast turns #PowerShell into lovely toast notifications
Here’s @toastit.dev creating a toast notification with a button that launches Notepad. Use your imagination and think of the possibilities!
Try it yourself:
Install-Module BurntToast
New-BurntToastNotification
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Here’s @toastit.dev creating a toast notification with a button that launches Notepad. Use your imagination and think of the possibilities!
Try it yourself:
Install-Module BurntToast
New-BurntToastNotification
1/2
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Thanks again to @andrewpla.tech for having me on #PowerShell Wednesday and the PowerShell Podcast recent. Had a blast, always love talking about toast (and catching up with a mate!)
BurntToast turns #PowerShell into lovely toast notifications
Here’s @toastit.dev creating a toast notification with a button that launches Notepad. Use your imagination and think of the possibilities!
Try it yourself:
Install-Module BurntToast
New-BurntToastNotification
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Here’s @toastit.dev creating a toast notification with a button that launches Notepad. Use your imagination and think of the possibilities!
Try it yourself:
Install-Module BurntToast
New-BurntToastNotification
1/2
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Thanks again to @andrewpla.tech for having me on #PowerShell Wednesday and the PowerShell Podcast recent. Had a blast, always love talking about toast (and catching up with a mate!)
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Heads up! I’m presenting for my friends at the PNW #PowerShell user group next week about parameter validation!
This is a critical thing to master no matter where you are in your scripting journey.
Join us for Cliff diving with PowerShell (And other bad ideas) at the link below!
This is a critical thing to master no matter where you are in your scripting journey.
Join us for Cliff diving with PowerShell (And other bad ideas) at the link below!
Cliff diving with PowerShell (And other bad ideas) (by Stephen Valdinger), Wed, Nov 12, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Much like you wouldn't go BASE jumping without a parachute, you wouldn't hand a script to someone with validation, right? Right??? In this session, we'll cover some tips an
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November 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Heads up! I’m presenting for my friends at the PNW #PowerShell user group next week about parameter validation!
This is a critical thing to master no matter where you are in your scripting journey.
Join us for Cliff diving with PowerShell (And other bad ideas) at the link below!
This is a critical thing to master no matter where you are in your scripting journey.
Join us for Cliff diving with PowerShell (And other bad ideas) at the link below!
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PowerShell Wednesday is here, and we are learning about...
🔥 PowerShell Parameter Binding - how PowerShell matches your input to parameters
Join us for a deep dive with @sdwheeler.bsky.social, Lead Documentarian for PowerShell at Microsoft.
📺
🔥 PowerShell Parameter Binding - how PowerShell matches your input to parameters
Join us for a deep dive with @sdwheeler.bsky.social, Lead Documentarian for PowerShell at Microsoft.
📺
PowerShell Parameter Binding Explained and Debugged with Microsoft's Sean Wheeler
Ever wonder how PowerShell decides which parameters to use and where your values actually go? In this PowerShell Wednesday session, we’re joined by Microsoft’s Sean Wheeler from the PowerShell team to demystify parameter binding—one of the most important (and misunderstood) parts of PowerShell.
Can
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November 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
PowerShell Wednesday is here, and we are learning about...
🔥 PowerShell Parameter Binding - how PowerShell matches your input to parameters
Join us for a deep dive with @sdwheeler.bsky.social, Lead Documentarian for PowerShell at Microsoft.
📺
🔥 PowerShell Parameter Binding - how PowerShell matches your input to parameters
Join us for a deep dive with @sdwheeler.bsky.social, Lead Documentarian for PowerShell at Microsoft.
📺
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Podcast appearance: @findingdatafriends.com with @jpomfret.co.uk and @bweissman.bsky.social #sqlfamily #community
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flxsql.com/2025/10/27/f...
Finding Data Friends
In which Andy has a guest spot on the Finding Data Friends video podcast
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October 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Podcast appearance: @findingdatafriends.com with @jpomfret.co.uk and @bweissman.bsky.social #sqlfamily #community
flxsql.com/2025/10/27/f...
flxsql.com/2025/10/27/f...
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🧠 Converting 3500+ #Pester tests from v4→v5 with AI
👩💻 @funbucket.dev on how #AI tools sped up migration — and why v6 will be easier.
▶️ Watch: youtu.be/ajlniR3X0U8?si=5rE...
🎟️ #PSConfEU 2026 → psconf.eu
#PowerShell #Automation #DevOps
👩💻 @funbucket.dev on how #AI tools sped up migration — and why v6 will be easier.
▶️ Watch: youtu.be/ajlniR3X0U8?si=5rE...
🎟️ #PSConfEU 2026 → psconf.eu
#PowerShell #Automation #DevOps
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October 29, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🧠 Converting 3500+ #Pester tests from v4→v5 with AI
👩💻 @funbucket.dev on how #AI tools sped up migration — and why v6 will be easier.
▶️ Watch: youtu.be/ajlniR3X0U8?si=5rE...
🎟️ #PSConfEU 2026 → psconf.eu
#PowerShell #Automation #DevOps
👩💻 @funbucket.dev on how #AI tools sped up migration — and why v6 will be easier.
▶️ Watch: youtu.be/ajlniR3X0U8?si=5rE...
🎟️ #PSConfEU 2026 → psconf.eu
#PowerShell #Automation #DevOps
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Had such a great time chatting with @andrewpla.tech on the #PowerShell podcast about #Intune, #PowerShell, IntuneStack, #DevOps and getting started on your #automation journey.
Remember when people thought #PowerShell would take away jobs?
@allwayshype.com draws a great parallel between that moment and the current wave of AI anxiety.
Her reminder: “You’re not getting paid to write code. You’re getting paid to think. You’re getting paid to solve business problems.”
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@allwayshype.com draws a great parallel between that moment and the current wave of AI anxiety.
Her reminder: “You’re not getting paid to write code. You’re getting paid to think. You’re getting paid to solve business problems.”
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October 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Had such a great time chatting with @andrewpla.tech on the #PowerShell podcast about #Intune, #PowerShell, IntuneStack, #DevOps and getting started on your #automation journey.
Load Balancers. Why is it Load Balancers? Are they DNS' cousin?
October 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Load Balancers. Why is it Load Balancers? Are they DNS' cousin?
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I'm very excited to continue to drive PowerShell Universal at Devolutions! By joining Devolutions, we're going to be able to scale and enhance PowerShell Universal in new and awesome ways. Look out for my blog post later today.
Big news: Devolutions has acquired PowerShell Universal—and its creator Adam Driscoll has joined our team.
SMBs/MSPs: stronger IT automation (centralized scripts, orchestration, web dashboards) + AI-in-context integrations across our stack, including RDM.
Read the news: devo-inc.net/46WDTn2
SMBs/MSPs: stronger IT automation (centralized scripts, orchestration, web dashboards) + AI-in-context integrations across our stack, including RDM.
Read the news: devo-inc.net/46WDTn2
October 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I'm very excited to continue to drive PowerShell Universal at Devolutions! By joining Devolutions, we're going to be able to scale and enhance PowerShell Universal in new and awesome ways. Look out for my blog post later today.
You know what's worse than trying to troubleshoot Distributed AGs? Trying to troubleshoot Distributed AGs on a deadline to build them that was harsh to begin with!!!
October 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
You know what's worse than trying to troubleshoot Distributed AGs? Trying to troubleshoot Distributed AGs on a deadline to build them that was harsh to begin with!!!
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Before PowerShell, @steviecoaster.dev was a point-and-click admin. After #PowerShell, he's automation-first and helps others find that same spark.
This week's pod dives deep into mentorship, growth, and how learning PowerShell WILL transform your career.
👀www.youtube.com/watc...
This week's pod dives deep into mentorship, growth, and how learning PowerShell WILL transform your career.
👀www.youtube.com/watc...
October 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Before PowerShell, @steviecoaster.dev was a point-and-click admin. After #PowerShell, he's automation-first and helps others find that same spark.
This week's pod dives deep into mentorship, growth, and how learning PowerShell WILL transform your career.
👀www.youtube.com/watc...
This week's pod dives deep into mentorship, growth, and how learning PowerShell WILL transform your career.
👀www.youtube.com/watc...
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Happy #PowerShell Wednesday!
Join Microsoft MVP @stevenjudd.bsky.social to get some hands-on with Regex. Steven is a longtime advocate of regex and full of real-world expereince.
We'll break down what regular expressions are, how to build them, and how to use them in PS.
👀
Join Microsoft MVP @stevenjudd.bsky.social to get some hands-on with Regex. Steven is a longtime advocate of regex and full of real-world expereince.
We'll break down what regular expressions are, how to build them, and how to use them in PS.
👀
What Is Regex and How to Use It in PowerShell with MVP Steven Judd
Regex doesn’t have to be scary! In this PowerShell Wednesday, Steven Judd breaks down what regular expressions are, how they work, and how to use them effectively in PowerShell. From simple pattern matching to powerful text parsing, you’ll learn practical ways to clean data, extract info, and make y
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October 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Happy #PowerShell Wednesday!
Join Microsoft MVP @stevenjudd.bsky.social to get some hands-on with Regex. Steven is a longtime advocate of regex and full of real-world expereince.
We'll break down what regular expressions are, how to build them, and how to use them in PS.
👀
Join Microsoft MVP @stevenjudd.bsky.social to get some hands-on with Regex. Steven is a longtime advocate of regex and full of real-world expereince.
We'll break down what regular expressions are, how to build them, and how to use them in PS.
👀
I understand that the training video is a scenario about how to watch out for antitrust and not violate ethics.
If I didn't have that knowledge, though, the video is about how two guys met at a conference bar and hooked up.
All I can say is "You don't have to be ashamed UNNAMED CRIMINAL #1!!"
If I didn't have that knowledge, though, the video is about how two guys met at a conference bar and hooked up.
All I can say is "You don't have to be ashamed UNNAMED CRIMINAL #1!!"
September 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I understand that the training video is a scenario about how to watch out for antitrust and not violate ethics.
If I didn't have that knowledge, though, the video is about how two guys met at a conference bar and hooked up.
All I can say is "You don't have to be ashamed UNNAMED CRIMINAL #1!!"
If I didn't have that knowledge, though, the video is about how two guys met at a conference bar and hooked up.
All I can say is "You don't have to be ashamed UNNAMED CRIMINAL #1!!"