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Gilbert Sanchez

PowerShell nerd, open source contributor, and accidental homelab architect

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Gilbert Sanchez

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I maintain projects like psake, lead a team of engineers by day, and automate everything in sight by night — the house runs on Home Assistant and I have no regrets. I also care a lot about making tech more accessible and welcoming, especially for neurodiverse folks. If it can be scripted or made more human, it probably already has been. Find me at gilbertsanchez.com.

The PowerShell Podcast The PowerShell Summit Hallway Track with Gilbert Sanchez and Joshua Dearing
Podcast Episode 2 min

The PowerShell Podcast The PowerShell Summit Hallway Track with Gilbert Sanchez and Joshua Dearing

This episode captures the energy of PowerShell Summit through two conversations, one with Gilbert Sanchez and one with Joshua Dearing. The discussion moves from open source maintenance and the future of PowerShell in AI workflows to the human side of technical communities, including burnout, neurodiversity, mentorship, and the value of showing up in person. It also highlights how PowerShell can change careers over time, not just by teaching syntax, but by opening doors to better communication, stronger community ties, and bigger technical thinking.

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The PowerShell Podcast PSStucco, Accessibility, and the Power of Templating in PowerShell with Gilbert Sanchez & Jake Hildreth

In this high-energy episode, returning guests Gilbert Sanchez and Jake Hildreth join Andrew for a deep dive into:

  • Module templating with PSStucco

  • Building for accessibility in PowerShell

  • Creating open source GitHub orgs like PSInclusive

  • How PowerShell can lead to learning modern dev workflows like GitHub Actions and CI/CD

What begins with a conversation about a live demo gone hilariously sideways turns into an insightful exploration of how PowerShell acts as a launchpad into bigger ecosystems like GitHub, YAML, JSON, and continuous integration pipelines.Bios &

Podcast Episode 1 min

The PowerShell Podcast The Dos and Don’ts of PowerShell with Steven Judd and Gilbert Sanchez

In this episode of the PowerShell Podcast, we’re joined by Steven Judd and Gilbert Sanchez, two active contributors and speakers in the PowerShell community. We talk about the Dos and Don’ts of PowerShell. We cover topics like documentation, testing, community, how you should view yourself in your growth, and even get some top tips on logging from those who have done PowerShell at the highest levels. 

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The PowerShell Podcast Holiday Special with Gilbert Sanchez: PSScriptAnalyzer, AST, and PowerShell Gifts
Podcast Episode 1 min

The PowerShell Podcast Holiday Special with Gilbert Sanchez: PSScriptAnalyzer, AST, and PowerShell Gifts

In this special holiday episode of the PowerShell Podcast, we are joined by the incredibly talented Gilbert Sanchez. We dive into the world of PSScriptAnalyzer and use it as a gateway to explore and understand the Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) in PowerShell. Gilbert walks us through a live demo and highlights some powerful ways to leverage the AST to analyze and improve our PowerShell code. As a special holiday treat, Gilbert comes bearing gifts—several awesome PowerShell modules that listeners can start using today.

Podcast Episode 1 min

Template Podcast Title with Gilbert Sanchez

Episode Summary:

In this episode, we cover the value of templating and how Stucco can be used to improve our module development, both inside an organization and for personal projects. Gilbert shares his experience using Stucco on a personal project, a dice rolling module, and Jordan gets lost in the nerdery as the conversation moves to Tabletop RPG games. Once he is back on track we discuss the value of PowerShell meetups, and Gilbert gets the ball rolling for a bay area meetup.