zmVault/2026-02-02.md

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2026-02-02

2026-02-02 06:50

I'm considering including management scripts in this vault, but I'd generally prefer to keep it content only. Ideally I could do anything I'd use a script for with a plugin, but they have their limitations. Eventually I should learn-to-write-obsidian-plugins, but for now here's a useful cmdlet I wrote a while ago but misplaced.

function Import-Markdown {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
        [string]$Path
    )
    try {
      $command = Get-Command ConvertFrom-Yaml -ErrorAction "Stop"
    }
    catch {
      throw "no YAML conversion module installed. Try ``Install-Module powershell-yaml``."
    }
 
    $content = Get-Content -Path $Path -Raw
    $pattern = [Regex]'(?ms)^---\s*(.*?)\s*---\s*(.*)$'
    $match = $pattern.Match($content)
    if ($match.Success) {
        $frontmatter = $match.Groups[1].Value
        $body = $match.Groups[2].Value
    }
    else {
        $frontmatter = ''
        $body = $content
    }
 
    return [pscustomobject]@{
        frontmatter = $frontmatter | ConvertFrom-Yaml
        body        = $body
    }
}

That match expression is bizarre, and the whole thing needs better error handling, but it works.

A Where-Markdown for filtering by tags and a {Verb}-Markdown for modifying tags would be idiomatic.

2026-02-02 12:18

Sleeving Takeoff Breakdown Direction

Updated sleeving-takeoff#Breakdowns per clarification with Joel. Previous direction below.

• Area = "01 - Feeders/Risers ..."
• Phase = "Feeders"
• System = "FRR - Feeders and Risers"

For all sleeving, regardless of application.

I feel certain I received this from someone I trust because I've been doing it against my better judgement, but either it wasn't Joel (Ben maybe?) or he was referring to a different scenario (which my notes no longer cover).

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I asked Joel if he could think of any direction that I might have misinterpreted to get to that above, but he said he could not.

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I spoke with Willie about it, he says he's always put sleeving in each relevant system. I told him I knew it had to have been spoken because I remember it being justified as WBS allocation thing, but I think now Joel told me correctly at the time, that is, gave me the same direction he gave me today, I just somehow heard the complete opposite.