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Mushroom, Whisky & Mustard Steak Sauce

Ingredients 6 button mushrooms, sliced 1 clove garlic, crushed 1tbsp olive oil 2tbsp whisky 2tsp wholegrain mustard 120ml/8tbsp double cream salt and pepper Method Heat the oil over a high heat then fry the sliced mushrooms for about 5 minutes or until golden. Reduce the heat and add the crushed garlic, stirring…

Use PowerShell to Create a Folder in Octopus Deploy

Octopus Deploy has a small but good selection of tasks that you can run as part of a deployment process. If you find yourself wanting to create a folder as part of a deployment (it could be a target for uploaded files, logs etc.) then you can do that quite easily through PowerShell. In this example, we'll create an…

Getting Your Macro on with DOSKEY

I'm a big fan of the command line (much to the mirth of some of my co-workers). I do a lot of stuff through Git, Grunt and the like so I've usually got a Cmder window open somewhere. When using Git, there are a bunch of commands that I use frequently so it’s handy to have a shortcut to these. DOSKEY is a Windows…