Paloalto have somehow managed to choose the absolute worst date format out of all of them
September 15, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Paloalto have somehow managed to choose the absolute worst date format out of all of them
The GPT-5 models no longer support the Temperature parameter. That was a good way to control the determinism of the output - for some things you wanted the same response every time, for others you wanted more creativity.
I guess now you just have to trust the model to decide what is best 🧐
I guess now you just have to trust the model to decide what is best 🧐
August 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The GPT-5 models no longer support the Temperature parameter. That was a good way to control the determinism of the output - for some things you wanted the same response every time, for others you wanted more creativity.
I guess now you just have to trust the model to decide what is best 🧐
I guess now you just have to trust the model to decide what is best 🧐
Thought I was doing well to get this stripped screw out, turns out I just made it snap in half 🥲
August 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Thought I was doing well to get this stripped screw out, turns out I just made it snap in half 🥲
MS logging is now superpositioned until the log file is observed
July 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
MS logging is now superpositioned until the log file is observed
Not quite zero but you're pretty close
April 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Not quite zero but you're pretty close
TIL SendGrid no longer offer a free tier, only a 60 day trial before a min $20/month plan. Going to give Azure Communications Service a go, it's not free but for my volume it practically is. And the ability to do SMS from the same platform is cool.
Turns out ACS uses the same mail servers as M365
Turns out ACS uses the same mail servers as M365
April 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
TIL SendGrid no longer offer a free tier, only a 60 day trial before a min $20/month plan. Going to give Azure Communications Service a go, it's not free but for my volume it practically is. And the ability to do SMS from the same platform is cool.
Turns out ACS uses the same mail servers as M365
Turns out ACS uses the same mail servers as M365
Apparently 97% of Italians are called Giuseppe
April 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Apparently 97% of Italians are called Giuseppe
TIL if you leave SSMS connected to your free Azure MSSQL instance it will consume the entire 100,000 vCore seconds in around 3 days, even if you don't execute a single query 🤦♂️
March 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
TIL if you leave SSMS connected to your free Azure MSSQL instance it will consume the entire 100,000 vCore seconds in around 3 days, even if you don't execute a single query 🤦♂️
Releasing a little console tool I wrote display CDP and LLDP packets received on an interface. If connected to a managed switch or router it can tell you what the device is, what port you're connected to, etc.
github.com/mdjx/Layer2D...
github.com/mdjx/Layer2D...
January 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Releasing a little console tool I wrote display CDP and LLDP packets received on an interface. If connected to a managed switch or router it can tell you what the device is, what port you're connected to, etc.
github.com/mdjx/Layer2D...
github.com/mdjx/Layer2D...
Every so often I come across some cloud pricing oddity that makes me do a double take. Like this one from Azure, where enabling SFTP on an object storage container has a cost of $0.30 per hour.
That's over $200 per month if you leave it on, just to be able to use SFTP 👀
That's over $200 per month if you leave it on, just to be able to use SFTP 👀
October 20, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Every so often I come across some cloud pricing oddity that makes me do a double take. Like this one from Azure, where enabling SFTP on an object storage container has a cost of $0.30 per hour.
That's over $200 per month if you leave it on, just to be able to use SFTP 👀
That's over $200 per month if you leave it on, just to be able to use SFTP 👀
Someone wrote this and somehow kept a straight face
April 30, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Someone wrote this and somehow kept a straight face
Validating #PowerShell strings can be a bit cumbersome when we need to check for a combination of null, empty, and/or whitespace.
The .NET String class has some handy methods we can use for nicer validation.
String.IsNullOrEmpty()
String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace()
The .NET String class has some handy methods we can use for nicer validation.
String.IsNullOrEmpty()
String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace()
April 14, 2024 at 6:05 AM
Validating #PowerShell strings can be a bit cumbersome when we need to check for a combination of null, empty, and/or whitespace.
The .NET String class has some handy methods we can use for nicer validation.
String.IsNullOrEmpty()
String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace()
The .NET String class has some handy methods we can use for nicer validation.
String.IsNullOrEmpty()
String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace()
The company that built this is worth $3.19 trillion
March 22, 2024 at 6:31 AM
The company that built this is worth $3.19 trillion
When troubleshooting an issue I'm not familiar with I sometimes like to view *all* event logs in a time range.
This is easy with PowerShell, and piping the results to Out-GridView gives a super simple way to filter the output.
This is easy with PowerShell, and piping the results to Out-GridView gives a super simple way to filter the output.
February 6, 2024 at 11:22 PM
When troubleshooting an issue I'm not familiar with I sometimes like to view *all* event logs in a time range.
This is easy with PowerShell, and piping the results to Out-GridView gives a super simple way to filter the output.
This is easy with PowerShell, and piping the results to Out-GridView gives a super simple way to filter the output.
There is also `Deserialized.Microsoft.Exchange.Data.ByteQuantifiedSize`
February 6, 2024 at 11:21 PM
There is also `Deserialized.Microsoft.Exchange.Data.ByteQuantifiedSize`
Somewhere in Microsoft sits an individual that believes a MessageSize property of an email should be a string instead of a UInt.
I want to know who this person is, what is their story, how did they get to be like this?
I want to know who this person is, what is their story, how did they get to be like this?
February 6, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Somewhere in Microsoft sits an individual that believes a MessageSize property of an email should be a string instead of a UInt.
I want to know who this person is, what is their story, how did they get to be like this?
I want to know who this person is, what is their story, how did they get to be like this?
Why does it matter? If you use .NET types there will be differences depending on the version.
E.g., there is a PhysicalAddress.Parse method which parses MAC addresses. On old versions it errors on lowercase, only accepts "-" as a separator, but is much better on newer versions.
E.g., there is a PhysicalAddress.Parse method which parses MAC addresses. On old versions it errors on lowercase, only accepts "-" as a separator, but is much better on newer versions.
January 21, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Why does it matter? If you use .NET types there will be differences depending on the version.
E.g., there is a PhysicalAddress.Parse method which parses MAC addresses. On old versions it errors on lowercase, only accepts "-" as a separator, but is much better on newer versions.
E.g., there is a PhysicalAddress.Parse method which parses MAC addresses. On old versions it errors on lowercase, only accepts "-" as a separator, but is much better on newer versions.
How do know what version of .NET PowerShell is using? With PowerShell 5.1 you can use $PSVersionTable and look at the CLRVersion property, but this isn't present on PowerShell 7.
[Environment]::Version works on both.
[Environment]::Version works on both.
January 21, 2024 at 10:18 AM
How do know what version of .NET PowerShell is using? With PowerShell 5.1 you can use $PSVersionTable and look at the CLRVersion property, but this isn't present on PowerShell 7.
[Environment]::Version works on both.
[Environment]::Version works on both.
How do you know your Defender configs are implemented correctly and working? Microsoft provides various files to demo, test, and validate Defender ASR, PUA, SmartScreen etc. rules.
👉 demo.wd.microsoft.com
👉 aka.ms/mde-demos
👉 demo.wd.microsoft.com
👉 aka.ms/mde-demos
January 21, 2024 at 10:16 AM
How do you know your Defender configs are implemented correctly and working? Microsoft provides various files to demo, test, and validate Defender ASR, PUA, SmartScreen etc. rules.
👉 demo.wd.microsoft.com
👉 aka.ms/mde-demos
👉 demo.wd.microsoft.com
👉 aka.ms/mde-demos
Free Internet if anyone needs it
January 15, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Free Internet if anyone needs it