Scott Brooks

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Dev

  • iTerm2 Cheatsheet

    I want to start using iTerm2 on my Mac for Claude code. There are a "ton" of keyboard shortcuts I need to learn to gain the full power of the program. I could have searched Google for a cheatsheet, but who does that kind of thing anymore. Instead, I just asked Claude...

    iTerm2 Cheatsheet
  • Connecting M365 Copilot to an On-Premises Knowledge Base Through Azure API Management

    Many organizations have internal knowledge bases that employees need to query daily — but those systems live on-premises, behind corporate firewalls. With Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio, you can build an AI-powered agent that lets anyone in your organization ask natural language questions against that internal KB — without ever exposing it to the public internet. This post walks through the architecture and steps to make it happen, using Azure API Management as the secure bridge.

    Connecting M365 Copilot to an On-Premises Knowledge Base Through Azure API Management
  • What is the best way to provide content to Copilot

    Claude conversation about how to use existing data in Copilot

    What is the best way to provide content to Copilot
  • When management thinks 100 junior devs can do the work of 3 senior devs

    I saw this video and just had to share it.

  • Estimates

    It is one of the harder things to do in software development. I was in a meeting recently where the subject came up. This clip from Apollo 13 where Ed Harris (as Gene Kranz) said "I don't need the whole ... Bible, just give me a couple chapters..." kept running through my head.