I have been keen on the elegance and beauty of the C# language since I wrote my first lines of C# code. I read different articles and books about it, always when I have free time. Here I am going to share with you dozens of my favorite hidden features of C# (or exotic).
Myths about /dev/urandomThere are a few things about /dev/urandom and /dev/random that are repeated again and again. Still they are false. Fact: /dev/urandom is the preferred source of cryptographic randomness on UNIX-like systems.
testdouble/contributing-testsThis wiki presents some notes on testing. It's still very much a work-in-progress, so feel free to peruse any pages that interest you.
.NET Native – What it means for Universal Windows Platform (UWP) developersThis blog was written by Daniel Jacobson, Program Manager What is .NET Native? .NET Native is a precompilation technology for building Universal Windows apps in Visual Studio 2015. The .NET Native toolchain will compile your managed IL binaries into native binaries.
Difference between URL, URI and URNThis is a classic tech debate, and many people will sooner or later ask themselves what's the difference between URLs, URIs and most possibly even URNs.
The Stack Overflow Tag Engine – Part 2I’ve added a Resources and Speaking page to my site, check them out if you want to learn more. There’s also a video of my NDC London 2014 talk “Performance is a Feature!”.
Did I Remember To[29 Mar 2010: An expanded and annotated version of this is available on my website at http://www.thebraidytester.com/downloads/YouAreNotDoneYet.pdf.
Software Needs Seatbelts and Airbags — MediumFinding and fixing bugs is difficult and time-consuming: there is a better way. Like death and taxes, buggy code is an unfortunate fact of life. Nearly every program ships with known bugs, and probably all of them end up with bugs that are only discovered post-deployment.
The Strange Appeal of Watching Coders CodeLegions of programmers now stream their work on Livecoding.tv, a site that turns their lonely labor into something more like a party.The camera does not love computer programming. OK, it’s worse: The camera runs screaming in horror from anything resembling programming.
How does a relational database workWhen it comes to relational databases, I can’t help thinking that something is missing. They’re used everywhere. There are many different databases: from the small and useful SQLite to the powerful Teradata. But, there are only a few articles that explain how a database works.
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.