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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 24/07/2026

Risk" vs. "Risk" vs. "Risk": Why AI Arguments Fail Before They Even Start www.jsnover.com/blog/2026/07...

Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 24/07/2026

When 2 people vote "yes" on the same AI governance rule, leave the room, and fight for 2 years over implementation, it's because nobody agreed on the physics of what they were building. Stop fighting over labels. Debate the choices www.jsnover.com/blog/2026/07...

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“Risk” vs. “Risk” vs. “Risk”: Why AI Arguments Fail Before They Even Start

Inigo Montoya once said, “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” Ask members of the AI Triad if they want to reduce “risk.” They will al…

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 20/07/2026

LLM models are engines of bullshit. Your system does not have to be. That's a choice, and it's yours. Skip the engineering and you're shipping a bullshit system. Do the engineering and you're not. www.jsnover.com/blog/2026/07...

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LLM Models Are Bullshit Engines

Your LLM System Doesn’t Have to Be Harry Frankfurt wrote a wonderful essay called On Bullshit. His central move is a distinction most people miss: the difference between a liar and a bullshit…

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 07/05/2026

Super excited to share my work tomorrow with my fellow fellows & circle of friends at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society @ Harvard University. This project has totally consumed me. It feels less like doing a project & more like the project is a force of nature using me to be birthed.

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PSConfEU @psconf.eu · 17/04/2026

35 tickets left at €1,750 for #PSConfEU 2026. From 11 May, the same tickets go up to €1,950. No new releases—once sold out, that’s it. Join us in Wiesbaden, 1–4 June 🔗 psconf.eu #PowerShell #Automation #DevOps #Conference

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 30/03/2026

My talk at the PowerShell conference makes the point that developers do not care about Admins. That is why they produce ... things like this. That is why I designed PowerShell so you can clean up their ... work. (even though you shouldn't have to).

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 30/03/2026

It is metaphysically impossible to build a safe general-purpose chatbot. Not difficult. Not expensive. Impossible. A system with an infinite goal space cannot be made safe. That is a structural contradiction. New post: www.jsnover.com/blog/2026/03...

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 13/03/2026

#Microsoft and #Windows hasn't had a coherent GUI strategy since Petzold. My blog: www.jsnover.com/blog/2026/03...

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 11/03/2026

I spent 8 years at hashtag#DEC watching the deal get worse. At first I thought it was just the economy. Then I reverse-engineered what was actually happening. It was a deliberate strategy. And I think you're going to see it again. New post: www.jsnover.com/blog/2026/03...

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They Don’t Need to Fire You

In a recent post I mentioned that the deal engineers get is going to get worse over time, and I used my time at DEC as an example. I think it’s worth going deeper on that. What happened at DE…

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 10/03/2026

Let's have the hard conversation about Engineering total compensation: A few years ago, we got an AWESOME deal. Now we have a GREAT deal. Soon we'll have a GOOD deal. Then... we'll have deal.

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 03/03/2026

If you are not occasionally overwhelmed by what is going on with AI, you are either: 1) Not paying attention. 2) Not understanding what you are seeing. 3) Made of much sturdier stuff than I.

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 03/03/2026

Scary Microsoft Lawyers Incident or Don’t be on the Wrong Side of Antitrust A major CEO aggressively demanded that Microsoft cancel the PowerShell and use their proprietary language. When I refused, he filed an antitrust complaint. Enter scary Microsoft Lawyers. www.jsnover.com/blog/2026/03...

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Another Scary Microsoft Lawyers Incident or Don’t be on the Wrong Side of Antitrust

I’ll never forget the day the world stopped. I picked up the phone and heard: “Hello. This is LCA. I’m calling to inform you that you are the subject of a formal investigation into anti-trust viola…

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Hassan Habib @hassanhabib.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Sat down with @jsnover.com the inventor of PowerShell. We talked about being demoted for believing in an idea, architecting systems that last, and why AI should empower people and not replace them. Technology isn’t about tools. It’s about impact. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dzu...

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"I Was Demoted for Inventing PowerShell" – Jeffrey Snover

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 16/02/2026

The celebration lasted exactly sixty seconds. Then the scary Microsoft lawyer walked in and promised to help the feds prosecute us if we leaked the deal. That generated clarity. #Respect www.jsnover.com/blog/2026/02...

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Scary Microsoft Lawyers – Part 1

I had a few encounters with Microsoft lawyers that were, in a word, scary. But in a good way. Every time I worked with them, they were hardcore on following the law, and I greatly appreciated and r…

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 12/02/2026

What it takes to become a Senior Technical IC www.jsnover.com/blog/2011/10...

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 10/02/2026

A story from early #PowerShell days when my sense of diplomacy was strictly "pre-operational." I asked my new boss—a 20-year Windows veteran with a Physics PhD—if he was an idiot because neither of us could debug a thrashing system using GUI tools. www.jsnover.com/blog/2026/02...

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The Time I Asked My Boss: Are You An Idiot?

A Microsoft engineer recently told me he used Copilot to script a way out of a laggy system. He was delighted. The story triggered a memory from the early days of PowerShell when my diplomacy was c…

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 06/02/2026

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 05/02/2026

Success in software isn't just about shipping—it’s about knowing when the market is actually pulling your product. That pull is measurable. A new look at the equations that drive sustainable growth: www.jsnover.com/blog/2026/02...

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Product Market Fit is Math

I have a lot of conversations where teams toss around the concept of Product Market Fit (PMF) like it’s a vibe. We all pretend to get the gestalt of it, but usually, we’re just guessing. Here are e…

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Jeff Hicks @jdhitsolutions.com · 02/02/2026

Less than 70 days until the #PowerShell Global Summit. Don't put off getting tickets. Then let everyone know you are attending. www.powershellsummit.org/tickets/

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 02/02/2026

"In this room, we deliver success, we don’t whine. Look, I’m not confused, I know you walk through fields of shit every day. Your job is to find the rose petals." www.jsnover.com/blog/2026/02...

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Welcome to the Room

A lesson in leadership by Satya Nadella When I was Promoted to Technical Fellow, I was “invited to the room”, joining Microsoft’s other Senior Executives. It was really something. Achieving the Se…

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 06/01/2026

Think Windows Vista was bad? You should know the story behind the story. How a brilliant business strategy turned into a technical Boof-a-Rama!

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 14/12/2025

Does AI hallucinate? Absolutely! But think back to your last exec review and ask yourself the question: Do AIs hallucinate more or less then execs? It certainly varies by the exec but they hallucinate ALL THE TIME! #AI www.jsnover.com/blog/2025/12...

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AI as an Awesome Teammate

I’ve been doing Office Hours and the topic of AI has been in almost every one of the conversations. Everyone is wondering what the right play is with AI. A number of people are concerned about it r…

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 12/12/2025

Think about that the next time YOUR imposter syndrome kicks in!

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MEM Summit 2027 @endpointsummit.com · 09/12/2025

If AI can write code, what’s left for us? That’s the question I keep coming back to - and it’s one we’ll be exploring at MEM Summit 2026 with industry legends like @jsnover.com Watch the 3rd episode with our keynote speaker on LinkedIn 👇 #MEMSummit www.linkedin.com/posts/mattia...

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#memsummit2026 #ai #futureofwork #it #promptengineering #jeffreysnover #digitaltransformation | Mattias Melkersen Kalvåg

If AI can write code, what’s left for us? That’s the question I keep coming back to - and it’s one we’ll be exploring at MEM Summit 2026 with industry legends like Jeffrey Snover. The pace of change...

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Andrew Pla @andrewpla.tech · 05/12/2025

Most people wait too long to give feedback. @jsnover.com shared a better system: ❤️ Start with the heart ❓ Ask permission ⚡ “When… then…” ➡️ Share the outcome Simple. Fast. Effective. 1/2

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 05/12/2025

PSA: Run this BOOTSTRAP PROMPT every few months: Act as a prompt engineer, Research the best practices for prompt engineering for the latest [YOUR FAVORITE AI] models. Produce a prompt which takes a prompt as an input and rewrites it according to best practices.

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 04/12/2025

Note to self: have AI proofread your posts 🤣🤣🤣

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 04/12/2025

The Physics of AI Teaming: Why You Need to Adopt the Growth Mindset The wrong question is: "Will AI replace me?" The right question is: "How do I turn AI into a teammate that make my me awesome?" www.jsnover.com/blog/2025/12...

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AI as an Awesome Teammate

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MEM Summit 2027 @endpointsummit.com · 03/12/2025

This is the second conversation in our 4-part series with @jsnover.com and it’s full of insights on what it means to think big and act boldly. And if you want to hear more stories like this, you’ll have the chance to meet Jeffrey at MEM Summit 2026. #MEMSummit www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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MEM Summit 2027 @endpointsummit.com · 24/11/2025

We’re kicking off our new series with none other than @jsnover.com , the inventor of PowerShell and keynote speaker at MEM Summit 2026. Watch the episode via below URL #MEMSummit #PowerShell www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 24/11/2025

The Fresh Fish Theory: AI models and hardware don't age like fine wine or factories—they age like fresh fish. Why the "trillion-dollar" AI race might actually be a trap of technological deflation. #AI www.jsnover.com/blog/2025/11...

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AI Ages Like Fresh Fish: The Brutal Economics of Technological Deflation

I am not a finance guy. I am an engineer. But I’ve been in this industry for forty+ years, and I’ve got enough scar tissue to look at a P&L sheet and ask some questions. And frankly, I don&#821…

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 24/11/2025

I have an available slot this AM for Office Hours due to a late cancellation. calendar.app.google/FWJQSdnUAyh8...

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 21/11/2025

The Power in PowerShell is YOU. PowerShell makes YOU AWESOME!

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Tony Redmond @office365itpros.com · 21/11/2025

The 18th monthly update for the Automating #Microsoft365 with #PowerShell eBook is now available for subscribers to download. You can get a standalone copy or buy the eBook as part of the Office 365 for IT Pros bundle. 400 pages of PowerShell! office365itpros.com/2025/11/21/a...

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Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell Dec 2025 Update

The December 2025 update (version 18) of the Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell eBook is now available for subscribers to download.

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Jeffrey Snover @jsnover.com · 21/11/2025

Many people put me in the "AI Skeptic" box after my last post. That's a mistake. While the valuations are 'no bueno,' the long-term physics are undeniable. Why you need a 10-year mindset. www.jsnover.com/blog/2025/11...

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Getting the AI Hype Cycle Right

I got a lot of feedback on my AI Bubble? : AI Skeptics Hard Look at the Value Equation, and the reactions were fascinating. A lot of you read my analysis of the economics and put me in the “A…

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