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Chocolatey

2023

Efficient Disasters: Remove-Item In the Pipeline
·1171 words·6 mins
PowerShell Chocolatey
I walk through my most painful mistake of 2022. Using Remove-Item in a Pipeline can be efficient, but it can also be a disaster.
Force Reinstalling Many Choco Packages
·565 words·3 mins
Chocolatey PowerShell
Learn how to force reinstall Chocolatey packages using PowerShell and packages.config. Complete walkthrough with XML generation script for handling partially removed packages.
Maintenance Mode - Chocolatey Fest 2018
·106 words·1 min
Chef Chocolatey
Watch Gilbert’s Chocolatey Fest 2018 talk on maintenance mode at scale. Learn how Facebook’s IT team uses Chef to schedule service interruptions without impacting business operations.