At Bitrise we love automation: it can save you time for creative work. Originally, PowerShell was developed to support system administrators automating and managing tasks and processes of the Windows operating system. Why should we consider using PowerShell in a data business? PowerShell offers an object-oriented concept that supports both terminal-based commands and easy version management, making it a powerful tool for automation. It is relatively easy to find needed cmdlets by their Verb-Noun format, and built-in commands support HTTP requests and cloud services like Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure. Installing on Linux can be challenging due to dependencies on libicu60, but installing packages and modules using Install-Package and Install-Module cmdlets can add new capabilities to your setup. Once installed, PowerShell can be used for various tasks such as converting CSV to JSON, querying Cosmos DB, working with Excel files, and automating data exports like downloading Recurly export files.