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Month: February 2026

Over 1.000.000 views!

Today, my site crossed the 1 million views mark 🙂 I'm just looking at this huge number and thinking... How?! To celebrate, I will highlight some things from the journey in this small blog post.

Harm Veenstra Fun, PowerShell 6 Comments February 27, 2026February 27, 2026 2 Minutes

Using Strict Mode in PowerShell

PowerShell is incredibly flexible; it's a forgiving scripting language. But this could turn into scripts not written according to best practices or that rely on things that work automatically, and sometimes fail without really understanding why. In this blog post, I will show you how Strict mode works and how it can help you 🙂

Harm Veenstra Formatting, PowerShell 1 Comment February 20, 2026February 20, 2026 3 Minutes

Using the ZLocation PowerShell Module to navigate folders

Switching back and forth between folders on your system requires a lot of typing and thinking about where that xyz folder was located... Zlocation helps you navigate frequently accessed folders. In this small blog post, I will show you how it works.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell 1 Comment February 13, 2026February 15, 2026 2 Minutes

a Hidden gem in PowerShell : Format-Custom

It was something I ran into this week, Format-Custom. Usually I display things in a list or table, but this is different... And very useful! In this blog post, I will show you how it works.

Harm Veenstra Formatting, PowerShell Leave a comment February 6, 2026February 6, 2026 3 Minutes

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