Scott Hanselman
Scott Hanselman is a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft. He was also involved in the MVP and Regional Director programs and is an avid speaker on the topic of computing.
Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen | 06 Apr 2021 18:13
Scott Hanselman writes "....I'm having a blast customizing my terminal and making my prompt awesome. How to make a pretty prompt in Windows Terminal with Powerline, Nerd Fonts, Cascadia Code, WSL, and oh-my-posh Taking your PowerShell prompt to the next level with Windows..."
Read more » Take your Windows Terminal and PowerShell to the next level with Terminal Icons
Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen | 25 Mar 2021 18:09
Scott Hanselman writes "....I love the Windows Terminal, but right now I launch the Terminal, then I pick a Shell (PowerShell, CMD, bash, etc) from the menu. Sometimes I want to be "shell-first." I'll hit the Start Menu, type cmd, and then the older console/terminal starts..."
Read more » How to make Command Prompt, PowerShell, or any Shell launch from the Start Menu directly into Windows Terminal
Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen | 23 Mar 2021 18:45
Scott Hanselman writes "....I thought I knew everything about the open source Windows Terminal and then I hit Ctrl+Shift+P like I do in VS Code (muscle memory) and it pops up a lovely Command Palette. You can search for any command and see the current keybinding. Super useful..."
Read more » The Windows Terminal made better with the Command Palette plus Multiple Actions in one Command
Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen | 18 Mar 2021 18:58
Scott Hanselman writes "....Muscle memory is a heck of a thing. When I want to build code I type Ctrl-Shift-B. I can't not. It's built into my hands! Ctrl-Shift-T is test (even though it's non-standard, it's there, in my hands. I spend a lot of time at the command line, in..."
Read more » Visual Studio hotkeys at the PowerShell command line in Windows Terminal
Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen | 16 Mar 2021 19:20
Scott Hanselman writes "....Every 6 or 7 years I get a new PC. My most recent one was in 2018 and I'm happily still using it today. However, I have made a few modest and somewhat low-cost (and one high-cost) upgrades. Each of these upgrades means I'll get another 3 to 5 lovely..."
Read more » Consider upgrading a few PC components - a good SSD is so fast it's not even funny
Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen | 11 Mar 2021 19:13
Scott Hanselman writes "....I love emulators. I love that they exist. I love that we have computers that are not only fast enough to translate and emulate instructions in real time for totally different computers that may not even exist any more but also for computers that are..."
Read more » Ryujinx is an Experimental Nintendo Switch Emulator written in C# for .NET Core
Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen | 09 Mar 2021 17:45
Scott Hanselman writes "....My mom is very clever and thoughtful and when I was in my early teens and easily overwhelmed and generally freaking out or panicky she'd say, "feel it. Be here. What is your body telling you. Freak out fully but put a time limit on it." This idea..."
Read more » Try time-boxed panics
Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen | 04 Mar 2021 20:19
Scott Hanselman writes "....I've long run a few dozen websites in Azure and while I've long noticed people (frankly) wasting money by having one Azure App Service (a Web Site) per Azure App Service Plan (a VM) I tend to pack them tight. A Basic 1 (B1) Azure App Service..."
Read more » Penny Pinching in the Cloud: Azure Static Web Apps are saving me money
Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen | 02 Mar 2021 20:33
Scott Hanselman writes "....I spend so much time at the command line using the Windows Terminal. Then I spend a ton of time using git at the command line. But then I ALT+TAB over to GitHub and mess around in the browser. Why have I been sleeping on the GitHub CLI? - there's a..."
Read more » Don't forget about the GitHub Command Line
Scott Hanselman's ComputerZen | 25 Feb 2021 19:08
Scott Hanselman writes "....Late last year I blogged about the Elecrow CrowPi2 Raspberry Pi Laptop. The folks at Elecrow are great and I've used their original CrowPi many times with the kids at and talks. None of these links are affiliate links and I am getting no kickbacks..."
Read more » Crowbits are Electronic Programmable LEGO Compatible Blocks for STEM Education
