Matthew Dowst [OC]
Projects, Scripts, and Modules
PSDates v 1.0.0
(powershellgallery.com)
PSDates provides you all the tools you need when working with dates and times in PowerShell. It
By: Matthew Dowst [OC] submitted:Feb 9 2024
PSDates provides you all the tools you need when working with dates and times in PowerShell. It
contains function to help you find specific date formats, get certain dates based on other dates (first/last day of the month or year, patch Tuesday, etc). I also has functions for working with timezones, unix time, WMI time, crontabs.
By: Matthew Dowst [OC] submitted:Feb 9 2024
PSNotes v 1.0.0.0
(powershellgallery.com)
PSNotes is a PowerShell module that provides a structured, versioned snippet and script library for
By: Matthew Dowst [OC] submitted:Feb 20 2026
PSNotes is a PowerShell module that provides a structured, versioned snippet and script library for
reusable automation patterns. Create notes with aliases, tags, and metadata to quickly execute, copy, or preview commands. Organize notes into local or remote catalogs, search by name, tag, details, or snippet content, and turn frequently used automation into first-class commands.
By: Matthew Dowst [OC] submitted:Feb 20 2026
Books, Media, and Learning Resources
Invoke-WebRequest Just Started Asking Questions
(youtu.be)
This video explains the new security prompt added to Invoke-WebRequest in Windows PowerShell 5.1 and
By: Matthew Dowst [OC] submitted:Dec 12 2025
This video explains the new security prompt added to Invoke-WebRequest in Windows PowerShell 5.1 and
shows how to prevent it from affecting any of your automations.
By: Matthew Dowst [OC] submitted:Dec 12 2025
PoshBytes: Mastering Here-Strings in PowerShell
(youtube.com)
Learn PowerShell here-strings the fast way with practical examples.
By: Matthew Dowst [OC] submitted:Nov 28 2025
Learn PowerShell here-strings the fast way with practical examples.
By: Matthew Dowst [OC] submitted:Nov 28 2025
PoshBytes: Numeric Precision in PowerShell
(youtube.com)
In this PoshBytes short you will see how PowerShell can silently lose precision when big integer
By: Matthew Dowst [OC] submitted:Dec 5 2025
In this PoshBytes short you will see how PowerShell can silently lose precision when big integer
math is promoted to double and how using the right numeric types and decimal literals helps keep your results exact.
By: Matthew Dowst [OC] submitted:Dec 5 2025
PoshBytes: PowerShell Splatting – The Art of Throwing Parameters With Style
(youtube.com)
In this PoshBytes episode, you will learn PowerShell splatting to make long commands readable and
By: Matthew Dowst [OC] submitted:Jan 9 2026
In this PoshBytes episode, you will learn PowerShell splatting to make long commands readable and
reusable. We will also demo PSNotes cmdlets that generate splats for you and convert existing commands into splatted form.
By: Matthew Dowst [OC] submitted:Jan 9 2026
PoshBytes: Select-Object With Custom Properties
(youtube.com)
Because Plain Properties Are Boring
By: Matthew Dowst [oc] submitted:Oct 24 2025
Because Plain Properties Are Boring
By: Matthew Dowst [oc] submitted:Oct 24 2025
Fun
PoshBytes: 12 Logical Days of Christmas
(youtube.com)
I just taught PowerShell to sing the 12 Days of Christmas with emojis and had to fight Unicode to do
By: Matthew Dowst [OC] submitted:Dec 19 2025
I just taught PowerShell to sing the 12 Days of Christmas with emojis and had to fight Unicode to do
it. Come see how in the latest PoshBytes.
By: Matthew Dowst [OC] submitted:Dec 19 2025
Saving Christmas with PowerShell: Building a Reusable Matching Algorithm
(youtu.be)
What starts as a simple Secret Santa script quickly turns into a full-blown constraint-based
By: Matthew Dowst [OC] submitted:Dec 12 2025
What starts as a simple Secret Santa script quickly turns into a full-blown constraint-based
matching engine.
By: Matthew Dowst [OC] submitted:Dec 12 2025
