Developing the Essential macOS Cookbook at Microsoft

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Creates and maintains the Essential macOS Cookbook at Microsoft and ships updates weekly, automates VM image creation using kitchen CI + vagrant image builds and runs CI on VSTS build agents. Replaces brittle execute blocks with custom Defaults and Spotlight resources that fix real bugs (string interpolation in plists) and express intent. Tests via fast unit RSpec, ChefSpec for resource collection and Inspec for compliance, reducing slow macOS VM test cycles and enabling reliable provisioning.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 2:47Creating monolithic images
3. 5:28Elegant language
4. 7:15Domaindriven APIs
5. 9:09Testing
6. 15:55QA

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