Going Out with a Bang!
I'm sure you'll agree that PowerShell is a terrific management and automation tool. The concept of passing objects through the pipeline is a powerful feature that makes it easy to work with almost anything in PowerShell. And, you don't need to be a developer. PowerShell handles everything for you, including how to present output.
PowerShell uses two special cmdlets to manage the pipeline: Out-Default and Out-Host. These cmdlets are responsible for formatting and displaying the output of a command. They are added automatically to every PowerShell expression. You do not need to specify them. Out-Default is responsible for figuring out what type of output is being sent to the pipeline and then sending it to the appropriate formatting cmdlet using Out-Host. You can read a description of this process from Jeffrey Snover himself at https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/how-powershell-formatting-and-outputting-really-works/. The problem that introduces the article has long been fixed.
Normally, you can ignore these cmdlets. However, there is an intriguing opportunity with Out-Default. If I remember correctly, Lee Holmes (one of the original PowerShell team members) told me that the Out-Default command is a placeholder that allows users to customize the output experience. I thought we'd have a little fun with that idea.