One of the first lessons we learn about automation is, "if you do it twice, automate it." The new PSPreworkout module for PowerShell aims to apply this mantra to the initial tasks of setting up your PowerShell working environment. It also contains a growing list of utility functions that help customize PowerShell and get things done faster.

In this session we will talk about some of the inspirations that lead to the creation of my first module and the many things that I learned along the way. We will demonstrate some of the functions and review some of the code that is used in PSPreworkout.

Questions, Dad jokes, and "but you can already do this with X" comments are welcome!