Category: tools
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WMI Performance Anomaly: Querying the Number of CPU Cores
As one of the few devs that both likes and is reasonably well-versed in PowerShell I became the point of contact for a colleague that was bemused by a performance oddity when querying the number of cores on a host. He was introducing Ninja into the bui…
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WMI Performance Anomaly: Querying the Number of CPU Cores
As one of the few devs that both likes and is reasonably well-versed in PowerShell I became the point of contact for a colleague that was bemused by a performance oddity when querying the number of cores on a host. He was introducing Ninja into the bui…
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Microsoft C++ versions explained
Microsoft has five different version numbers to think about when it comes to C++. Here’s an attempt to explain what they all mean. Visual Studio versions What most people will see first is the Visual Studio release year. You’ll download Visual Studio 2022, Visual Studio 2019 etc. These however also have a more normal major.minor … Continue reading Microsoft C++ versions explained
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Simple Tables From JSON Data With JQ and Column
My current role is more of a DevOps role and I’m spending more time than usual monitoring and administrating various services, such as the GitLab instance we use for source control, build pipelines, issue management, etc. While the GitLab UI is very us…
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Simple Tables From JSON Data With JQ and Column
My current role is more of a DevOps role and I’m spending more time than usual monitoring and administrating various services, such as the GitLab instance we use for source control, build pipelines, issue management, etc. While the GitLab UI is very us…
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Automating Windows VM Creation on Ubuntu
TL;DR you can find my resulting Oz and Packer configuration files in this Oz gist and this Packer gist on my GitHub account.As someone who has worked almost exclusively on Windows for the last 25 years I was somewhat surprised to find myself needing to…
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Automating Windows VM Creation on Ubuntu
TL;DR you can find my resulting Oz and Packer configuration files in this Oz gist and this Packer gist on my GitHub account.As someone who has worked almost exclusively on Windows for the last 25 years I was somewhat surprised to find myself needing to…
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CI/CD Server Inline Scripts
As you might have already gathered if you’d read my 2014 post “Building the Pipeline – Process Led or Product Led?” I’m very much in favour of developing a build and deployment process locally first, then automating that, rather than clicking buttons i…
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CI/CD Server Inline Scripts
As you might have already gathered if you’d read my 2014 post “Building the Pipeline – Process Led or Product Led?” I’m very much in favour of developing a build and deployment process locally first, then automating that, rather than clicking buttons i…