Gilbert Sanchez

Not just good. Good enough.

I’ve created this blog as a way to help share some of my discoveries. I’m a believer in Learning in Public and nothing I write is “The Way” but rather “A Way”.

I work as a (Señor) Systems Engineer at Meta, spreading the love of PowerShell at scale. A fan of Role Playing Games (RPG), you can check out my RPG-oriented modules on the PowerShell Gallery.

Perfection is the enemy of progress. - Winston Churchill

Recent

PowerShell Chef Cookbook

Monday, October 16, 2023·Updated: Sunday, October 15, 2023·3 mins

Chef PowerShell Enterprise

A very brief intro into how you can use Meta’s Chef cookbook to manage PowerShell.

My Shell: PowerShell

Sunday, October 8, 2023·Updated: Saturday, November 4, 2023·6 mins

Terminals, Shells, and Prompts PowerShell

In this third post of the series I go over my PowerShell profile.

My Terminal: WezTerm

Sunday, August 27, 2023·Updated: Saturday, November 4, 2023·5 mins

Terminals, Shells, and Prompts PowerShell WezTerm

In this second post of the series I go over my WezTerm config an explain each of my settings and some lessons learned.

Terminals, Shells, and Prompts

Sunday, August 27, 2023·Updated: Saturday, November 4, 2023·3 mins

Terminals, Shells, and Prompts PowerShell WezTerm iTerm

Part one of brief walk through on how terminals, shells, and prompts interact. In later posts I will go over my particular settings, but this lays the foundation.

Efficient Disasters: Remove-Item In the Pipeline

Tuesday, January 31, 2023·Updated: Monday, January 30, 2023·6 mins

PowerShell Chocolatey

I walk through my most painful mistake of 2022. Using Remove-Item in a Pipeline can be efficient, but it can also be a disaster.