Shane O'Neill

PUNCHLINE!!!

I have no clue how long that's going to be, but my dad can't shave until they do the same thing...

He just sent me a pic of a full, lushous beard...

Maybe I should stock up on irish books

So, as a forfeit from losing a bet, I can only read:
"Books written in Irish until the Chelsea male senior football team win 2 consecutive games"

Speaking at PowerShell Summit 2026 - Gilbert Sanchez

Talk #3 for #PSHSummit26: "Markdown Madness: Static Sites for Fun & Profit"
You write #Markdown already. What if it became a blog? A resume? A full docs site?
Jekyll, MkDocs, Hugo, Docusaurus, jsonresume -we're going on a tour! Sprinkle in some #PowerShell. Bring snacks. cloud.umami.is/q/18X...

Speaking at PowerShell Summit 2026 - Gilbert Sanchez

Talk #1: "From Burnout to Built-to-Last: The Open Source Org Advantage"
Passion is a great start. It's just not a great bus factor mitigation strategy.
Come learn how orgs keep projects alive - plus the free tools FOSS projects are sleeping on.
cloud.umami.is/q/Dzd...
#PSHSummit26 #PowerShell

"It's not enough to see who's at the table. We have to see who's missing." I heard this at the MA Conference for Women several years ago and it's stuck.

I'd like to add this:
"Let's move over and add a seat for you. I see you. You belong here."

#datawit #celebratingwomen #womensmonth

New to PSReadline? Start here. PSReadLine is shaping your PowerShell experience whether you realize it or not. In this session, I'll break down what PSReadLine is, why it matters, and how to start using it intentionally. We’ll cover history, predictions, key bindings, and simple customization that can immediately improve your wo

Tara asked me about PSReadLine and I said, “Good question. I'll tell you on Wednesday.”

If you use #PowerShell, you’re already using PSReadLine… you just might not know it.

Tomorrow, well cover:
What it is. Why it matters. How to level it up.

Awkward Judd's Dad Joke 2026-02-13 YouTube video by Awkward Judd

Happy Weekend! I hope you like #dadjokes about #AI and #tourettes

youtu.be/Yt-JXqVMay4

Announcing Free SQL Server Performance Monitoring That Doesn't Suck Announcing Free SQL Server Performance Monitoring I built a free, open-source SQL Server performance monitoring tool. Two editions, no licensing fees, no telemetry, no cloud dependency. Here's what it does...

Announcing Free SQL Server Performance Monitoring That Doesn't Suck

Announcing Free SQL Server Performance Monitoring I built a free, open-source SQL Server performance monitoring tool. Two editions, no licensing...

I'm excited for this talk. Hey #PowerShell people! Let's hang out and learn something together.

#subscribe

Call for speakers at Data Céilí is open and I've just submitted 4 sessions :). More info: sessionize.com/data-ceili-2...

Seeing as I woke up this morning to a locked out account, I guess it's official.

I've had my last day of work with Global Payments!

Here's to a little bit of weekend downtime before I start my new gig!

Congrats! And thanks for creating such a big part of my career!
Sorry for going "nah" when I first saw powershell v2 🙈
I'm less stupid now

Known Issues in SQL Server 2022 CU23

If you use Database Mail in SQL Server, you should not install SQL Server 2022 CU23 (which breaks Database Mail).

learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubl...

#SQLServer #SQLServer2022

The Nobel Peace Prize becoming so prestigious that wars are fought over a head of state coveting it is some real monkey paw stuff for Alfred Nobel.

[Blog] BRIN Indexes in PostgreSQL: www.sqlpassion.at/archive/2026... #sqlpassion #performance #PostgreSQL #postgres

Statistics io and statistics time for 2 queries in SQL Server. Original top one shows elapsed time is 63 million milliseconds and the bottom one is 2 thousand milliseconds

What a difference....a NOT EXISTS makes 🎵

That's it, that's all.

Changed a NOT IN to a NOT EXISTS, and we go from 17hours 39mins to 2 seconds.

DBs are amazing...

#SqlServer

I'm hitting the stage @powershellsummit.org with my friend @sdwheeler.bsky.social to talk about all things PlatyPS and what's new in the 1.0 release! Join us as we show you what it is, how it can help you, and how to use this powerful documentation tool for your #PowerShell modules!

the man is wearing a suit and tie and clapping his hands . Alt: Leonardo DiCaprio is wearing a suit and tie and clapping his hands .

Love the outro.
I've down the straight port from SQL Server to Postgres with a start_date and end_date column; didn't even know about tsrange type.

Thank you!

_frantically catches up on reading_

Looking forward to any post on Gist indexes you do (yes, I'm totally using you to explain these index types to me 😅)

[Blog] GIN Indexes in PostgreSQL: www.sqlpassion.at/archive/2026... #sqlpassion #postgres #PostgreSQL

No lie...I could have used GIN indexes once or twice
Nice one

A book of Maori Myths and Legends, with the cover showing a Maori youth and a giant bird

First book of Maori myths I've found!

I have a weird goal of getting as much different myths as possible

Well things don't seem so good all around right now, and even tech things ain't looking too good.

Think I'll just read and write for a while until things seem better...

I didn't even know that was a thing!
I'll check it out, thank you!

Once you get past the cant-use-butter-for-all-flavour aspect, it's not too bad

The cant-use-dairy-to-make-things-less-spicy gets me, though

2 bowls of slighlty charred salmon pieces on egg fried rice

Happy Nollaig na mBan!

I luckily found another dish that she likes! Hot and spicy salmon with egg fried rice.

The gluten-free & dairy-free requirements still add a bit of difficulty when finding a dish.

Stealing these...
The amount of times work has kept going and going and going is too damn frustrating