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Upgrading My Home Lab: From Dying Synology to NetApp JBOD with Proxmox 9 My Synology RAID controller died, so I upgraded to a NetApp DS4246 24-bay JBOD + Proxmox 9. Sometimes the storage gods smile! 🏠💾 Full writeup on my journey from dying hardware to ZFS pools. #homelab #proxmox #zfs #storage #netapp #synology #techblog

My Synology RAID controller died, so I upgraded to a NetApp DS4246 24-bay JBOD + Proxmox 9. Sometimes the storage gods smile! 🏠💾 Full writeup on my journey from dying hardware to ZFS pools.
#homelab #proxmox #zfs #storage #netapp #synology #techblog

I went from having 6x27'' in a 2x3 config to one big 55'' odyssey ark. While the one big one is easier to explain to friends, it is a pita when screensharing as it has to be individual windows not full screen.

I think my next setup when funds allow is two wider curved mounted on top of each other.

Also Violet Evergarden hits the pseudo historical vibe similar to Apothecary Diaries.

Frieren is peak fantasy anime nothing comes close.

Seven Deadly Sins and Fairy Tail are good stories with lots of episodes if you can make it past the fan service.

This season I'm watching
Kaiju no 8
Call of the Night
Dan Da Dan
Rascal Does Not Dream
My Dress-Up Darling
Sakamoto Days
Witch Watch

This just screams HR is seeing themselves replaced with AI and attaching themselves to IT to survive.

Texas telling people to shower less so people can use frontier models instead of Ctrl-f

Ever wished your blog could talk to BlueSky all by itself? I automated posts and pulled back comments into my site using GitHub Actions and Copilot. Find out how tech met lazy wins in my latest #github and #web adventure! https://www.woodwardweb.com/post/2025/08/automated-bluesky-integration/

Beyond Basic Secrets: Building a Universal PowerShell Secret Management Module Built a universal PowerShell secret management module that works with SecretStore, Azure Key Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Bitwarden & CredMan - same module, any provider! Perfect for hybrid environments & multi-cloud deployments. #PowerShell #SecretManagement #DevOps #Azure #AWS #InfoSec #Automation

Built a universal PowerShell secret management module that works with SecretStore, Azure Key Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Bitwarden & CredMan - same module, any provider! Perfect for hybrid environments & multi-cloud deployments.
#PowerShell #SecretManagement #DevOps #Azure #AWS #InfoSec #Automation

Asking GPT to explain what I do to a 5 year old.

I help people move their computer stuff from old machines in their office to a magical place called “the cloud,” where it’s safer and easier to use. I make sure everything works the right way, and I lock it up tight so bad guys can’t get in.

🚀 NEW: Enhanced my AD test environment module with PowerShell SecretStore integration! Say goodbye to plain text service account passwords. Simple setup, secure storage, easy retrieval.

#PowerShell #ActiveDirectory #Security #DevOps #TestAutomation

I recently had an interview where a grown man made a pouty face just because I said two days on site a week was my limit.

Vbscript has a shelf life, expected to be completely removed from windows by 2027.

Active Directory Test Data That Doesn't Suck Finally! AD test data that doesn't suck 💪 New PowerShell module: 1000+ objects, 1-minute setup, cleaner cleanup than your last breakup. Built with blackjack and... better architecture. #PowerShell #ActiveDirectory #SysAdmin #Testing

Finally! AD test data that doesn't suck 💪

New PowerShell module: 1000+ objects, 1-minute setup, cleaner cleanup than your last breakup. Built with blackjack and... better architecture.

#PowerShell #ActiveDirectory #SysAdmin #Testing

Testing Security Functions with Pester: A Real-World Example Testing PowerShell security functions with Pester 3.4! Real-world path traversal validation example shows comprehensive test patterns for enterprise environments. #PowerShell #Pester #Testing #Security #DevOps #WindowsAdmin

Testing PowerShell security functions with Pester 3.4! Real-world path traversal validation example shows comprehensive test patterns for enterprise environments. #PowerShell #Pester #Testing #Security #DevOps #WindowsAdmin

Understanding Orphaned SIDs in Active Directory What happens to security references when you delete AD accounts? They don't disappear! I built an over-engineered PowerShell solution with logging, batching & full test coverage. #ActiveDirectory #PowerShell #InfoSec #SysAdmin #ITSecurity #Automation

What happens to security references when you delete AD accounts? They don't disappear! I built an over-engineered PowerShell solution with logging, batching & full test coverage.
#ActiveDirectory #PowerShell #InfoSec #SysAdmin #ITSecurity #Automation

Modernizing Your Active Directory: A PowerShell Solution for Kerberos Encryption Migration Stop Kerberoasting attacks! 🛡️ Automate RC4→AES migration with this PowerShell script. #Kerberos #ActiveDirectory #InfoSec

Stop Kerberoasting attacks! 🛡️ Automate RC4→AES migration with this PowerShell script. #Kerberos #ActiveDirectory #InfoSec

Microsoft: were deeply embedded with OpenAi and love them

Also Microsoft official documentation: for best results use Claude

shows active membership into the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program

After a month of fighting a completely opaque process and agents who just copy/paste... first step done!

Kicking off an agent workflow and whispering as bassy as possible "Arise".

Blue/Green Deployment for Patch Management Exploring PowerShell classes and found the perfect use case: Blue/Green patch deployment! Zero downtime, instant rollbacks, real enterprise value. 🚀 #PowerShell #Classes #BlueGreen #DevOps #PatchManagement #Learning

Exploring PowerShell classes and found the perfect use case: Blue/Green patch deployment! Zero downtime, instant rollbacks, real enterprise value. 🚀 #PowerShell #Classes #BlueGreen #DevOps #PatchManagement #Learning

It just now finished with a working version of the report from when I posted this. It is now fixed in that it's actually generating the report, but has rolled back the css changes to have things collapsed by default, and introduced additional fields that I had already corrected.

So I have Github Copilot in VSCode using Sonnet 4 model, with 1500 requests before prompting to continue and full auth to run terminal without prompting. So it literally just runs on it's own until it's rate limited. Every 15-20 requests it summarizes for itself and restarts troubleshooting.

Letting Claude build my report's front end and it's spent the last 2 hours trying to figure out what it broke by the previous prompt telling it to make expandible rows collapsed by default. The thing I love most about watching it flail like this is all the debug scripts and learning why they are bad

Transforming PowerShell Development with GitHub Copilot: Enterprise Standards and Custom Instructions 🔧 Tired of inconsistent PowerShell code across your team? Check out my new blog on GitHub Copilot custom instructions - standardize development while boosting productivity! #PowerShell #CodeQuality #GitHub #Automation

🔧 Tired of inconsistent PowerShell code across your team? Check out my new blog on GitHub Copilot custom instructions - standardize development while boosting productivity! #PowerShell #CodeQuality #GitHub #Automation

PowerShell AST or "How I Stopped Looking for that Curly Brace" 🚀 Unlock PowerShell's hidden superpower: AST analysis! From finding unused code to mapping dependencies in 1500+ line scripts. #PowerShell #DevOps #Automation

🚀 Unlock PowerShell's hidden superpower: AST analysis! From finding unused code to mapping dependencies in 1500+ line scripts. #PowerShell #DevOps #Automation

Part 1.5: Making Sure Systems Manager Actually Works and Logs Are Sent to CloudWatch Ever wonder why your Windows instances don't show up in Systems Manager? Published Part 1.5 of my DSC series - the troubleshooting guide that should've been in the AWS docs. #AWS #SystemsManager #CloudOps #WindowsServer #DevOps #Troubleshooting #CloudComputing #TechBlog

Ever wonder why your Windows instances don't show up in Systems Manager? Published Part 1.5 of my DSC series - the troubleshooting guide that should've been in the AWS docs.
#AWS #SystemsManager #CloudOps #WindowsServer #DevOps #Troubleshooting #CloudComputing #TechBlog

Part 1: Getting Started with PowerShell DSC and CIS Benchmarks in AWS Eliminate Windows security configuration drift forever. $dayjob has me working in AWS. This first post starts the step-by-step guide to automating CIS benchmarks with AWS Systems Manager. #AWS #Window...

Eliminate Windows security configuration drift forever. $dayjob has me working in AWS. This first post starts the step-by-step guide to automating CIS benchmarks with AWS Systems Manager. #AWS #WindowsSecurity #DevOps #Automation #CIS #DSC

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I'd kill to have the pinned ones be after the top 5 instead of at the very bottom

Excited about the activity for the #M365Con next week. Still have no clue on what track to follow during the main days.

I'll be attending the The Ultimate Microsoft Teams Administrator Workshop on Sunday and Power Apps Fundamentals: Extending SharePoint into Low-Code Apps and Forms on Monday.