Behind the PowerShell Pipeline

Last week I made some passing references on Twitter to a new project I am working on this year. I thought I'd take a little time to explain it and hopefully entice a few of you into joining me. I've been blogging here for about ten years, if not longer. I typically share technical tutorials or news about my books and courses. I don't expect that to change. If I see a question on Twitter about getting the desired output, I'm very likely to jump on that. I'll continue to help educate my readers. But I wanted to do more and hopefully be able to afford the time to do so.

There are probably a handful of people worldwide who have been teaching and writing about PowerShell as long as I have. I've learned a lot myself with every class and article. I've come to realize there is another part of the PowerShell story that might interest IT pros. You can find plenty of online resources, this blog included, to learn things like adding parameter validation to a function. But what is the reason you should? I believe that if you want to improve your PowerShell skills, not only do you need technical education, but you also need to understand the PowerShell culture.

There is an intangible side to PowerShell that can help you understand why you should use PowerShell, in addition to the how. What does it mean to "manage at scale?" Why should you document your code, and what are some best practices? How can you take PowerShell profiles to the next level? These are some of the questions I want to tackle in a new newsletter I'm calling "Behind the PowerShell Pipeline."

I want to take my years of PowerShell education experience and create genuine premium content. And I want to be able to afford to take the time to develop deep content. This new venture is available now on Substack at jeffhicks.substack.com. Premium content will only be available through a paid subscription. You are welcome to sign up for a free subscription, but that will limit your content.

Paid subscribers receive exclusive access to unique content limited to this newsletter. Substack will deliver new articles to your inbox, so you don't have to remember to visit the site. I intend to publish a minimum of 3 articles per month. I'm also hoping to figure out a monthly AMA where I'll take your questions about PowerShell, scripting, and automation. I also hope to offer the occasional book discounts, coupons, and other promotions I think you'll like.

You can subscribe on a monthly or yearly basis. I have a free article up on the site to give you a taste of what to expect. The first premium article is also online.

Again, nothing will change on this site. I'll still publish the same type of content as the same cadence. But if you want to dive deeper, I hope you'll consider a subscription. By the way, for those of you who signed up for my email list, I did not import that list into Substack. I didn't want to make decisions for you. If you want a free or paid subscription, you'll have to sign up for that on your own.

For those of you who decide to support me in this project, I wholeheartedly thank you in advance.

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