Is that for real?

The only app that I use on my phone that actually requires Google Play Services to function is Pluralsight.

  • Bank app? It works.
  • Amazon? It works.
  • Uber? It works.
  • Gov app? It works.
  • Netflix? It works.

  • Pluralsight? Requires login with Google Play Services.

#Degoogle #Android #Pluralsight

💡My 29th Pluralsight course has been published titled "Building Applications with OpenAI"!

In this course you’ll learn how to integrate OpenAI into apps from start to finish. We explore setting up the OpenAI API, crafting effective prompts, building a full stack web app that uses AI to analyze and categorize data, and deploy it.

Big thanks to the Pluralsight team for supporting this course and to everyone who follows along on this journey. Ready to build AI apps? Check it out:

🔗 Link to blog post

https://www.buchatech.com/2025/12/building-applications-with-openai-my-29th-pluralsight-course

🔗 Link to course on Pluralsight

https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/building-applications-openai

#Pluralsight #OpenAI #AI #GenerativeAI #SoftwareDevelopment #WebDev #APIs

Is learning #PowerShell 7 in your career plan? How about 36 hours of professional content in the #Pluralsight PowerShell 7 Fundamentals track

https://www.pluralsight.com/paths/powershell-7-fundamentals)

PowerShell 7 Fundamentals

More and more we turn to automation in IT to help improve efficiency for our day to day operations. PowerShell has always been at the forefront of automation tools. The courses in this path start with the absolute basics of PowerShell so that you can learn how to automate away your problems from the ground up. You’ll begin with installation before moving on to exploration of the PowerShell language and using your acquired skills to perform tasks from your day to day operations. Finally, you’ll get a taste of writing actual PowerShell scripts to round out your automation skills and toolset. After this path, you’ll be able to jump to more advanced tasks and concepts with different tools throughout the IT industry. Note that this path covers PowerShell 7 and not Windows PowerShell. We have other existing content to cover Windows PowerShell. For this path, Windows is the demonstrated operating system, but PowerShell 7 is supported on Linux as well as macOS.

Need to accelerate your career or break out of a slump? Learn something new. Mastering new skills is the best way to improve your career. Don't rely on your employer to advance your career. Make an investment in yourself. Try a #Pluralsight free trial (https://www.pluralsight.com/product/skills/individuals) and discover the possibilities.
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Do you need help with your Windows #PowerShell skills? Windows PowerShell 5,1 isn't going away anytime soon and it still has a role to play. Check out the revised Windows PowerShell 5.1 Essentials (https://www.pluralsight.com/paths/windows-powershell-essentials-2023) learning track at #Pluralsight.
Windows PowerShell Essentials (2023)

IT automation is an ever-expanding need in the IT world and at the forefront is Windows PowerShell. If you want to learn about task automation and configuration management using this versatile tool, look no further. The courses in this path get you up and running with Windows PowerShell and its many facets. You’ll build a solid foundation before branching out into more skills and techniques that will elevate your PowerShell skills. It’s worth noting that the content here generally uses Windows PowerShell as its main exemplar. Pluralsight also has plenty of content covering PowerShell 7 (the most recent version) elsewhere on the platform.

Well, _that's_ fucking dandy…

I've had a multi-year account with
#CloudGuru. However, after they got bought by #PluralSight, I set my account to not auto-renew.

This morning, I get an email from PluralSight saying "You’ve renewed your subscription". Given that I'd set my CloudGuru account to not auto-renew and never set up new billing under PluralSight, this came as a bit of a shock.

Just checked the credit card account I previously had bound to my CloudGuru account and found a pending charge from PluralSight. Contacted the phone number listed on the (pending) charge. Got a call-tree (naturally). Navigated the call-tree to sort out this billing "mistake". Got dumped into a hold-queue for nearly 15 minutes. Finally, the hold music ended and I was dumped over to a "there's no one available to answer your call: would you like to leave a message" automated-response. Uh... You couldn't have just dumped me straight to that if there's no one answering calls??? At any rate, left a message. But this
REALLY feels like a scam. I guess the best way that companies like PluralSight can make money off their acquisitions is to ignore the acquired companies' customers' wishes and just "convert"/renew them any way.

Fuck those guys.
Mastering new skills is the best way to improve your career. Don't rely on others to advance your career. Make an investment in yourself. Try a #Pluralsight free trial (https://www.pluralsight.com/product/skills/individuals) and discover the possibilities.
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My 28th course just dropped!

This week my 28th course went live on Pluralsight. It’s about a topic that’s becoming more important by the day: Agentic AI Safety and Alignment.

When building AI agents, how do you ensure they don’t go rogue? This course teaches you how to design AI agent systems that behave safely, stay aligned with human intent, and reflect your company’s values.

This course teaches you how to:

Prevent unintended behaviors
Embed ethics and safety checks into agents
Guard against issues like prompt injection
Keep human oversight (human in the loop)
Avoid unexpected bills or policy violations

In the course I demo using Microsoft hashtag#CoPilot Studio and hashtag#Flowise, showing how to build AI agent systems that are safe, controllable, and aligned with a companies values.

Check out the course here: https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/agentic-ai-safety-alignment

#AI #Pluralsight #AgenticAI #ResponsibleAI #OpenAI #Flowise #MicrosoftCopilot #Opensource #Copilot

Agentic AI Safety and Alignment

Fresh Learning Paths Now Available on Pluralsight for VS Subscribers. buff.ly/4ZZ6lcG #visualstudio #learning #dotnet #pluralsight #training

Fresh Learning Paths Now Avail...
Fresh Learning Paths Now Available on Pluralsight for VS Subscribers - Visual Studio Blog

Fresh learning paths and expert-led courses are now available on Pluralsight for Visual Studio Professional and Enterprise subscribers. Unlock new skills in VS Code, GitHub Copilot security, generative AI, Azure automation, and more—activate your extended access today at my.visualstudio.com

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