Chrissy LeMaire's blog on netnerds.net

TIP: Just paste this url into Claude Code and say "implement this for me" Claude Code writes great PowerShell, but it's not the best at using it as a shell.

When creating dbatools commands, most of us use case-insensitive collation because that's the default and what we use in our labs.

TL;DR: ChatGPT Pro ($20/month) gives you access to GPT-5 via Codex CLI which is perfect for automating blog updates.

TL;DR: Use GitHub Copilot CLI to batch-update old blog posts—fix broken links, modernize code examples, convert screenshots to text. 1Get-ChildItem *.md | Invoke-AITool -Prompt .

TL;DR: I used Claude Code CLI to batch-update 100+ dbatools blog posts from 2016-2025.

I just rebuilt dbatools.io in a day.

TL;DR: In Windows, many AI CLI tools (Aider, Claude Code, Gemini, etc.) work unreliably with PowerShell's standard output capture.

When someone asks about SQL Server architecture, the reflexive answer is usually 'High Availability,' as if it's a requirement rather than a choice.

TLDR: dbatools is moving to Azure Trusted Signing, which means Microsoft backs our reputation and dbatools won't trigger as many antivirus false positives.

Recently, I wrote about a system I created that automatically classifies SharePoint documents, but only briefly touched on the most important part—the Azure Function that does all the heavy lifting.