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Cover image for Windows Terminal After 90 Days: What I Kept vs What I Disabled

arnostorg

Sep 29

Windows Terminal After 90 Days: What I Kept vs What I Disabled

#windows #terminal #productivity #devtools

3 min read

Cover image for I Forced Myself to Use Only CMD for a Week — Here’s What Broke

arnostorg

Sep 30

I Forced Myself to Use Only CMD for a Week — Here’s What Broke

#cmd #windows #learning #cli

3 min read

Cover image for PowerShell Pipelines Are Objects. Treating Them Like Text Is the Bug

arnostorg

Oct 1

PowerShell Pipelines Are Objects. Treating Them Like Text Is the Bug

#discuss #powershell #windows #cli

3 min read

Cover image for Execution Policy Isn’t Security Theater — It’s a Teaching Trap

arnostorg

Oct 2

Execution Policy Isn’t Security Theater — It’s a Teaching Trap

#powershell #security #windows #learning

3 min read

Cover image for CMD Is Underrated for One Job: Dead-Simple File Ops on Locked Machines

arnostorg

Oct 3

CMD Is Underrated for One Job: Dead-Simple File Ops on Locked Machines

#discuss #cmd #windows #sysadmin

3 min read

Cover image for The Quoting Bug That Makes Every Windows CLI Tutorial Lie to Beginners

arnostorg

Oct 4

The Quoting Bug That Makes Every Windows CLI Tutorial Lie to Beginners

#windows #cli #cmd #powershell

3 min read

Cover image for pwsh vs Windows PowerShell 5.1: When “Just Install 7” Isn’t Allowed

arnostorg

Oct 5

pwsh vs Windows PowerShell 5.1: When “Just Install 7” Isn’t Allowed

#powershell #windows #pwsh #enterprise

3 min read

Cover image for I Tried Teaching CLI With Screenshots Only — Retention Was Worse

arnostorg

Oct 6

I Tried Teaching CLI With Screenshots Only — Retention Was Worse

#learning #cli #teaching #windows

3 min read

Cover image for Stop Copy-Pasting PATH Fixes. Here’s the Mental Model Instead

arnostorg

Oct 7

Stop Copy-Pasting PATH Fixes. Here’s the Mental Model Instead

#windows #path #powershell #cli

3 min read

Cover image for Git Bash on Windows Isn’t Cheating — It’s a Different Contract

arnostorg

Oct 8

Git Bash on Windows Isn’t Cheating — It’s a Different Contract

#git #bash #windows #cli

3 min read

Cover image for winget Config Manifests: The Boring Superpower for Onboarding

arnostorg

Oct 9

winget Config Manifests: The Boring Superpower for Onboarding

#winget #windows #onboarding #devtools

3 min read

Cover image for Why “Learn Linux First” Advice Hurts Windows-First Juniors

arnostorg

Oct 10

Why “Learn Linux First” Advice Hurts Windows-First Juniors

#discuss #windows #learning #career

3 min read

Cover image for The UTF-8 / Code Page Surprise That Corrupted My Log Parser

arnostorg

Oct 11

The UTF-8 / Code Page Surprise That Corrupted My Log Parser

#powershell #encoding #windows #debugging

3 min read

arnostorg

Oct 12

Aliases vs Functions in Your PowerShell Profile — Pick Deliberately

#powershell #windows #productivity #devtools

3 min read

Cover image for Batch .bat in 2026: Legacy Glue, Not a Personality

arnostorg

Oct 14

Batch .bat in 2026: Legacy Glue, Not a Personality

#cmd #batch #windows #legacy

3 min read

Cover image for Tab Completion Won’t Save You From Not Understanding Exit Codes

arnostorg

Oct 15

Tab Completion Won’t Save You From Not Understanding Exit Codes

#cli #powershell #windows #learning

3 min read

Cover image for Should Corporates Ban Personal PowerShell Profiles?

arnostorg

Oct 16

Should Corporates Ban Personal PowerShell Profiles?

#discuss #powershell #security #enterprise

3 min read

Cover image for Oh My Posh Looks Cool. Here’s When It’s Worth the Setup Cost

arnostorg

Oct 17

Oh My Posh Looks Cool. Here’s When It’s Worth the Setup Cost

#powershell #windows #terminal #productivity

3 min read

Cover image for Three Windows CLI Myths I Believed Until I Taught Them

arnostorg

Oct 18

Three Windows CLI Myths I Believed Until I Taught Them

#windows #cli #teaching #learning

3 min read