I am a long-time Python fan and user but the comparison is apples and oranges.

If you try to use PS in the same ways you would use Python, or Ruby,...

SQLPSX (SQL PowerShell Extensions) is a ready alternative. Open source at http://sqlpsx.codeplex.com/.

Active development seems to have stopped a couple of years ago but it is open source under...

Premature optimization is the root of all evil!

I’m not a DBA. In fact, it’s been a long time since I’ve been a developer, but learning the little aphorism above, internalizing...