It's been WAY too long since we've had sharing knowledge, insights and perspectives on Channel 9. This changes now! Needless to say, I was incredibly happy to spend an hour with Brian learning all about what he's up to these days.
Building the next generation file system for Windows: ReFSWe wanted to continue our dialog about data storage by talking about the next generation file system being introduced in Windows 8. Today, NTFS is the most widely used, advanced, and feature rich file system in broad use.
10 ways to improve your programming skills — AntoArtsTake a look at the following code: public static Task ParseAsync(IPartialDataAccess source, IPartialDataAccess seed, Stream output, IEnumerable<RdcNeed> needList) { return Task.Factory.StartNew(() => { foreach (var item in needList) { switch (item.BlockType) { case RdcNeedType.Source: source.
Why I Taught My Daughter To Code (A Little)Imagine a world in which very few people knew how to read or write. You kept to certain parts of town because you couldn't read a map or a street sign. When you needed to sign a contract, you just asked what it said and had to take it on faith. A lot of your experience was based on legend and rumor.
Memory snipping : A simple example in Assembly code(Merging two vectors)I really don’t know if there is such a terminology but lets assume it is. I searched all other the internet to find some article about this or something that at least resembles this feature. I’ll try to give a simple definition and a clear idea of memory snipping.
The Long Tail of Technical DebtThe other day, I was reviewing test execution times across several projects. The results were not surprising. A small number of tests consumed a lot of the execution time, but past a certain point the execution times tapered away to nothing over a very long range.
Docsthe currently memory model of MongoDB based on memory-mapped files is brain-dead. Leaving memory management to the operating is a nice idea - in reality it does not scale and does not play very well.
Please Learn to Think about AbstractionsJeff Atwood wrote a post called Please Don't Learn to Code and Zed Shaw wrote a post called Please Don't Become Anything, Especially Not A Programmer. My wife lost her wedding ring down the drain. She freaked out and came running declaring that it was lost. Should we call a plumber?
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.