--- title: The origin of PowerShell, from the inventor | daily.dev description: PowerShell's creator recounts the origin story of the shell, explaining how Microsoft's conflicting philosophies around GUI-first administration and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-origin-of-powershell-from-the-inventor-tlsjatkfb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The origin of PowerShell, from the inventor | daily.dev og:description: PowerShell's creator recounts the origin story of the shell, explaining how Microsoft's conflicting philosophies around GUI-first administration and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-origin-of-powershell-from-the-inventor-tlsjatkfb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TLsjatkFb.png og:image:alt: The origin of PowerShell, from the inventor og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The origin of PowerShell, from the inventor **[We Are .NET](https://daily.dev/sources/wearedotnet)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary PowerShell's creator recounts the origin story of the shell, explaining how Microsoft's conflicting philosophies around GUI-first administration and VBScript-based automation left a gap. He argued that Unix got it right with iterative command-line exploration, and that admins needed a proper automation model rather than waiting years for GUI tools or dealing with watered-down scripting. This led to the creation of PowerShell as a serious administrative automation platform. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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