Richard Siddaway

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Richard Siddaway

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February 18, 2018 • 1 min read

Iron Scripter Prequels: Puzzle 6

This is your half way challenge. This week your challenge involves discovering the time a system has been running - Iron Scripter Prequel Puzzle 6 In all things remember the goals of your faction. Please remember that we’re NOT grading submissions for these puzzles. You can comment, and discuss the puzzle on the Iron Scripter Prequel forums or on the Summit Slack channel. If anyone is really stuck or doesn’t understand something in the puzzle leave a comment here or on the Slack channel.

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February 11, 2018 • 1 min read

Iron Scripter 2018 prequel: Puzzle 4 – a commentary

Puzzle 4 is all about working with legacy utilities. My notes and commentary are now available: Iron Scripter Prequel Puzzle 4 - A commentary As with previous commentaries I’ve not presented the faction specific solutions - view the forums and Slack channels to see what the factions are doing and join with your faction. Puzzle 5 will be available around the time you read this. Enjoy.

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February 11, 2018 • 1 min read

Iron Scripter 2018 prequel: Puzzle 5

You’re approaching the half way point on your journey to Iron Scripter. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, involves performance counters and multiple ways of presenting data. The details are here: Iron Scripter Prequel Puzzle 5 In all things remember the goals of your faction. Please remember that we’re NOT grading submissions for these puzzles. You can comment, and discuss the puzzle on the Iron Scripter Prequel forums or on the Summit Slack channel

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February 4, 2018 • 1 min read

Iron Scripter 2018 Prequel: Puzzle 3 – a commentary

My notes and commentary on puzzle 3 - working with a web feed - are now available: Iron Scripter Prequel Puzzle 3 - A commentary As with previous commentaries I’ve not presented the faction specific solutions - view the forums and Slack channel to see what your faction and maybe more importantly what other factions have done. Puzzle 4 will be available around the time you read this. Enjoy

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February 4, 2018 • 1 min read

Iron Scripter 2018 prequel: Puzzle 4

You’re a quarter of the way to Iron Scripter. In this challenge - Iron Scripter Prequel Puzzle 4 - you’ll be asked to find a way to make legacy command line tools work with the PowerShell pipeline . In all things remember the goal of your faction. Please remember that we’re not grading submissions for these puzzles. You can comment, and discuss the puzzle on the Iron Scripter Prequel forum.

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February 3, 2018 • 1 min read

Summit 2018 registration status

The speed at which places at Summit are being purchased has been amazing. We’re down to our LAST 25 places. At present rates I expect those to be gone by this time next week. If you want a place at Summit 2018 - BUY NOW. If you know of anyone who wants a place at Summit 2018 - tell them to BUY NOW Last year we managed to add about 30 places after selling our initial number.

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January 28, 2018 • 1 min read

Iron Scripter Prequel: Puzzle 2 – a commentary

A discussion and possible solution to puzzle 1 is now available at Iron Scripter Prequel Puzzle 2 - A commentary Remember this isn’t presented as a definitive solution. It’s my view of the solution. I’ve not provided faction specific code but rather a list of points the factions need to consider to be truly worthy of their faction.

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January 28, 2018 • 1 min read

Iron Scripter 2018 Prequel: Puzzle 3

You have overcome 2 challenges so far both involving code from the archives. In this challenge you’ll be called upon to create your own code. You’ll be presented with a task to perform in Iron Scripter Prequel Puzzle 3 How you approach this challenge is up to you but remember the goals of your faction. Please remember that we’re not grading submissions for these puzzles. You can comment, and discuss the puzzle on the Iron Scripter Prequel forum

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January 26, 2018 • 1 min read

Summit 2018 registration update

As an update to the registrations for Summit 2018 - we’ve sold 75% of the available places. As Don explained we won’t be able to add further places like we did last year. This is our biggest (and hopefully best) Summit yet with more sessions and nearly double the number of speakers. If you want a place I recommend not waiting. Last year we sold our last place on 24 February.

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January 21, 2018 • 1 min read

Iron Scripter Prequel: Puzzle 1 – a solution

A discussion and possible solution to puzzle 1 is now available at Iron Scripter Prequel Puzzle 1 - A solution Remember this isn’t presented as a definitive solution. It’s my view of the solution. Please also note that the faction specific parts are indicative and not prescriptive - they are my view of how the different factions would approach solving the puzzle.

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