Once more, I find myself in the post-alpha run to the finish line. And once again, I find myself getting busier and busier as the completion date looms. One of the most challenging issues at this time is managing the stream of traffic to your desk. Other people are very busy too.
Turning to the past to power Windows’ future: An in-depth look at WinRTWith its new tablet-friendly user interface, Windows 8 is going to be a revolution for both desktop users and tablet users alike. These substantial user interface changes are paired with extensive changes beneath the operating system's surface.
Is C# a strongly typed or a weakly typed language?Presented as a dialogue, as is my wont! Is C# a strongly typed or a weakly typed language?
Introducing the USB Stick of DeathSeveral months back we have been playing with different file systems on various system platforms, examining the security posture and robustness of numerous device drivers’ implementations.
Sorting 1 million 8-digit numbers in 1MB of RAMI have a computer with 1M of RAM and no other local storage. I must use it to accept 1 million 8-digit decimal numbers over a TCP connection, sort them, and then send the sorted list out over another TCP connection. The list of numbers may contain duplicates, which I must not discard.
The stolen bytes: Visual Studio, virtual methods and data alignmentThis article describes a design choice in the C++ ABI of the Visual Studio compiler that I believe should be considered a bug. I propose a trivial workaround at the end.
Drowning Good Ideas with Bloat. The tale of pkg.m4.The gnome-config script was a precursor to pkg-config, they are tools used that you can run and use to extract information about the flags needed to compile some code, link some code, or check for a version. gnome-config itself was a copy of Tcl's tclConfig.sh script.
4 Reasons Why Bugs Are Good For YouEvery once in a while I read something along the lines of: “most developers just want to write new features, they don’t want to work with maintenance and bug-fixing”. If that’s true, then most developers are missing out on the fun and benefits of finding and fixing bugs.
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MonkeySpace shines a light on the future of .NET OSSAt the end of last year, I wrote a blurb about the Open Source Fest event at Mix 2011. Imagine the typical exhibition hall, but filled with around 50 open source projects. Each project had a station in a large room where project members presented what they were working on to others.
This Read-It-Later-list is just that, bookmarks of stuff I intend to read or have read. I do not necessarily agree with opinions or statements in the bookmarked articles.
This list is compiled from my Pocket list.